By: Hana Saada
ALGIERS- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil held, this Wednesday, a meeting with the Algerian Ambassador to the Caribbean country, Kamel Abdelkader Hadjazi, during which they assessed the political agreements established between the two nations.
On his Twitter account, the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs indicated that he had spoken with the Algerian diplomat on “matters of interest,” such as; political agreements and the air link between the two countries. In addition, they assessed the recent visit to Caracas by the head of the Polisario Front, Brahim Gali, as well as the preparation of the next joint commission between Algeria and Venezuela, slated before the beginning of the second half of this year in Caracas, according to the head of Venezuelan diplomacy.
Caracas and Algiers are preparing to celebrate 52 years of diplomatic relations, framed with respect for sovereignty, independence and non-interference in the internal affairs of peoples. The two countries have inked various agreements in different spheres, including energy, education, culture and trade.
The “Algeria-Venezuela” parliamentary friendship group was set up, last year, at the headquarters of the People’s National Assembly (APN), with the objectives of promoting all-out cooperation and further deepening dialogue between the two parliamentary institutions.
Last June, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Mr. Nicolas Maduro paid a two-day working and friendship visit, during which he had fruitful talks with the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, marked by keenness on bolstering relations and eye-to-eye views on regional and international issues. Algeria and Venezuela noted a convergence of views on the various international issues of common interest, particularly with regard to the Palestinian and Sahrawi causes, as well as the situation in Libya.
On February 2, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Amar Belani, co-chaired, in Algiers, with the Venezuelan Deputy Minister of External Relations, in charge of Africa, Yuri Alexandre Pimentel Moura, the second session of Algerian-Venezuelan political consultations. An opportunity to conduct a review of the state of bilateral cooperation and the ways and means of its promotion in various fields, as well as the exchange of views on regional and international issues of common interest.
In this vein, the two diplomats reaffirmed their common will to work to revitalize bilateral cooperation, particularly in the fields of energy, agriculture, science, university, education, air transport, tourism, and culture, economic exchanges, and the exploration of business opportunities.
