The Venezuelan government is seeking the support of its Caribbean friends who are members of ALBA to counter the growing threat of military intervention by the United States, which recently increased its military presence in the Southern Caribbean.
That country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yvan Gil and Vice Minister for the Caribbean, Raul Li Causi were in St. John’s on Thursday holding meetings with Prime Minister Gaston Browne and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“On behalf of President Nicolás Maduro, we had the honour of visiting Antigua and Barbuda, where we held a constructive meeting with Prime Minister Gastón Browne. During our meeting, we discussed in depth the current geopolitical situation in the region and the various threats that jeopardize the peace and security of our peoples. In particular, we highlighted the violation of our status as a Zone of Peace, proclaimed by CELAC in 2014, as well as the 1967 Treaty of Tlatelolco, which establishes our region as a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone. We also reviewed the bilateral agenda and progress on regional initiatives, such as the Agro-ALBA project, which seeks to strengthen agricultural cooperation between our countries,” Foreign Minister Gil has reported.
Antigua and Barbuda is part of the grouping of Caribbean and Latin American countries that make up ALBA.
