2023-06-28 06:00:20
Caracas, June 27 (EFE).- Ministers and senior representatives of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in the areas of science, technology and innovation concluded a cycle of meetings in Caracas on Tuesday in which they reached “important contributions “Reported the Venezuelan Ministry of Science, which did not offer details of what was agreed during the meeting that began on Monday.
“With important ideas and contributions, this meeting space was aimed at promoting regional scientific activity, debating and consolidating possible solutions and responses to common problems,” said the State portfolio in a press release, regarding the closing of this meeting. regional.
He indicated that the seven tables installed at the meeting “worked together to strengthen regional integration and cooperation” in terms of food sustainability, communicable and non-communicable diseases, spatial capacities, mitigation and adaptation to the climate crisis, digital transformation and artificial intelligence, science for social inclusion and exchange of ancestral knowledge
On the second day of the cycle of meetings, the representatives of several countries that make up Celac proposed exchanges of knowledge on satellite, health, space, as well as other “fundamental issues” for the development of the region.
During the closing session, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, highlighted the efforts of the regional delegations present, and assured that the meeting “has been a good example and represents a significant step in the construction of an architecture of unity as only way to face the challenges of the future”.
For her part, the Venezuelan Minister of Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez, assured, in statements to the press, that it will be at the meeting of CELAC heads of state, in January 2025, when the lines agreed at these tables will be presented. of work, as well as the “fundamentals” of the proposal made yesterday by President Nicolás Maduro to create a Latin American center for scientific research.
“That these lines of these seven tables that we have delimited are part of this scientific agenda of exchange and generation of knowledge and that this can be raised in January 2025 to the meeting of heads of State of Celac”, is the aspiration of the participants of this day, explained the minister. EFE
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