SABC.png SA, Venezuela commit to strengthening relations Amos Phago, SABC, Johannesburg, 11 May 2016 South Africa and Venezuela have committed to further strengthening existing political and economic relations. This following the visit of Venezuelan Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz to Pretoria. The visit forms part Venezuela's larger objective of strengthening ties with member countries of BRICS countries, which include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Relations between Pretoria and Caracas, which were established in 1993, have blossomed over the years. Venezuela hopes to benefit largely from Pretoria's experience in the mining industry and co-operations in areas such as education, pharmaceuticals and tourism sector. Isturiz says South Africa's participation in several international bodies makes it an important partner for further co-operation. "Today's South Africa is amongst the group of 77.today, no country can work on its development alone. The unity of Venezuela and South Africa can contribute well in developing the South to South relations." South Africa and Venezuela have a Memorandum of Understanding regarding bilateral consultations and a Framework Agreement on Cooperation which was signed in 2008. Deputy Minister of International Relations, Luwellyn Landers, says political relations between both countries are also solid. "If one takes into consideration the fact that at a party to party level, both the ruling party in South Africa and in Venezuela have a long standing relationship. So at a bilateral level, it assumes similar importance. The meeting with the Venezuelan delegation held with our top six at Luthuli house reiterated the importance of keeping both relationships at a parallel level and it was agreed that at a party to party level, these will be revived." Isturiz also paid a courtesy call to former ANC Women's League president and stalwart, Getrude Shope. Shope attracted the interest of the Venezuelans due to the role she played in advancing the rights of women during South Africa's liberation struggle. From: http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/084213804cb822b79abfdab995d3d1cd/SA,-Venezuela- commit-to-strengthening-relations-20161105 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
