Venezuela beefs up cooperative ties with ASEAN
Buenos Aires (VNA) – Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Félix
Plasencia has freshly chaired a Venezuela-ASEAN dialogue with the participation of diplomatic representatives of four ASEAN nations in Venezuela, namely Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and
Thailand.
In his remarks at the event on February 9, Plasencia lauded multifaceted
cooperation between Venezuela and member states of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which, he said, has contributed positively to
Venezuela’s economic, trade and investment development.
The minister affirmed Venezuela wants to promote its
political, economic, and cultural ties with all ASEAN members, with a priority
on promoting trade and investment relations via win-win cooperation mechanisms.
He pledged to create favourable conditions and
preferential mechanisms for ASEAN investors given that Venezuela is opening
its market for foreign capital to accelerate economic recovery.
Regarding Venezuela – Vietnam relations, the diplomat highlighted the outcomes of bilateral collaboration particularly in agriculture,
culture, people-to-people exchange, and concerning projects within the vision
of late President Hugo Chavez.
Plasencia hoped the two nations will
further step up trade and investment ties, and concretise their cooperation
projects in the near future.
For his part, Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Le Viet Duyen expressed his wish the Venezuelan
Government, ministries and sectors will promote potential areas for cooperation
between the two nations and create optimal conditions for Vietnamese firms wanting to operate in the Latin American country.
Duyen vowed to support the connections between Vietnamese and
Venezuelan enterprises, and help them to study the two nations’ economic
policies and market information serving bilateral trade and investment
activities./.