Havana, August 7 (acn) The third
Summit of PETROCARIBE, an initiative of energy
cooperation promoted by Venezuela, will take place on August 11th at
the headquarters of the Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and the Petróleos
de Venezuela company (PDVSA) in Caracas.
According to Prensa Latina news agency, representatives from 14
countries will attend the meeting.
Thus far, the countries that have joined the group are Cuba, Antigua,
Barbuda, the Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica,
Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines and Surinam.
According to a communiqué released by PDVSA, the event will include a
meeting of experts and a conference of Energy ministries to assess the
march of the projects agreed upon and other activities.
The meeting is regarded by experts as an excellent opportunity to
analyze the current situation of the world energy markets and their
impact on oil importing countries.
Precisely, PETROCARIBE aims at eliminating asymmetries
in the nations' access to energy resources using a fair, favorable and
equitable model of exchange.
Since its foundation, PETROCARIBE has facilitated the
creation of joint associations by some of these countries to work in
the improvement of the infrastructure for the storage and distribution
of oil and its derivatives.