Monday, the Chancellor of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodrígue arrived in Haiti to meet with President Jovenel Moïse.

This meeting is part of the celebration of 153 years of bilateral diplomatic relations initiated at the time of independence, when Alexandre Pétion bring his support to Simón Bolívar for the expedition of Keys in 1816, which allowed him to enter Venezuela and contribute to the victory of the Republicans on Margarita Island and other parts of the East.

Following her meeting with President Moïse, Chancellor Rodríguez, declared "I met President Jovenel Moïse this morning. We had a very good meeting, we talked about cooperation. He was very specific, he knows all the projects very well and he knows very well what he wants to do. He wants to move forward on the modernization of agricultural infrastructures. He also wants to work on water projects, on asphalt and many other projects."

"I am completely satisfied with the cooperation with Haiti. We are going to improve it and we will keep the path of cooperation [...] We have always been together and we will stay together and continue to walk along the same path of dignity and independence [...] With the new Government of Haiti, we have extraordinary relations because it can not be otherwise between Venezuela and Haiti."

Relationships that continue today through such mechanisms as PetroCaribe and the training of Haitian medical students in Venezuela.

SL/ HaitiLibre