Venezuelan
president terms energy cooperation summit in Jamaica as memorable
Sep 7, 2005 - Xinhua English Newswire
Venezuelan president terms energy cooperation summit in Jamaica as
memorable
HAVANA, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has
described as memorable the PetroCaribe Summit held Tuesday in Montego
Bay, north Jamaica, reports reaching here said
Leaders and representatives of 13 Caribbean nations gathered in
Montego Bay Tuesday to discuss the PetroCaribe initiative, an energy
cooperation agreement launched by Venezuela, and sign bilateral accords
with the world's fifth largest oil exporter.
At the opening ceremony of the summit, Chavez said the summit was a
good occasion to pay tribute to Simon Bolivar, while commenting on the
current value of the Jamaica Letter, written by the Latin American
liberator 190 years ago.
"On Sept. 6, 1815, the Liberators left us a guideline for liberty and
prosperity, called for unity to cope with hardships and made a call for
integration," Chavez said.
He said Venezuela has a set of proposals for putting PetroCaribe into
effect "to attain unity, freedom and prosperity" in the region.
PetroCaribe was put forth by the Chavez administration last year to
supply oil to Caribbean countries on favorable terms,
The registered countries in PetroCaribe are Antigua and Barbuda, the
Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada,
Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, and Suriname.
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