Republic
06.12.2007
On December 6, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will go to Venezuela on an official visit.
Alexander Lukashenko and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez are set to discuss all the issues of cooperation between Belarus and Venezuela, BelTA learnt in the presidential press service.
Several important joint documents are expected to be signed in Caracas.
During the visit, the Belarusian head of state is to take part in a ceremony of opening the National Exhibition of the Republic of Belarus in Venezuela.
In 2006, the Presidents of Belarus and Venezuela decided to set up a strategic alliance.
“Despite the huge geographical distance, Belarus and Venezuela have made big progress in various cooperation areas over a short period of time: a lot of mutually beneficial projects have been launched,” the press service noted.
The two sides have started setting up joint ventures on prospecting seismology, oil extraction, production of construction materials. Belarus has launched exports of automobiles, farm machines, road-construction equipment, household appliances to Venezuela. Belarus is starting the projects on organising assembly productions of MAZ, MTZ and BelAZ companies, construction of residential areas and agro-towns in Venezuela.
The two countries have been developing the cooperation in science and education, culture and military-technical area.
Venezuela is the most developed country in Latin America. The country occupies the first place in the region in terms of the proven oil reserves, and comes 7th on the list of the biggest oil producers in the world. Venezuela also possesses big reserves of natural gas.