St Lucia, Venezuela deepen ties

Castries, St Lucia — On August 7, a delegation from Venezuela, led by Venezuela’s minister for external affairs, Delcy Rodriguez, arrived in Saint Lucia. The visiting Venezuelan minister met Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony and minister for external affairs Alva Baptiste.

The Venezuelan delegation is on a regional tour of nine ALBA PetroCaribe member countries, including Saint Lucia, in order to strengthen bilateral co-operation amongst ALBA PetroCaribe member countries.

On Monday, Baptiste, accompanied by Saint Lucia’s Ambassador to ALBA-TCP and PetroCaribe, Eustace Vitalis, attended the ALBA-TCP and PetroCaribe Political Council Meeting in Caracas.