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The Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley trusts that the Agreement on Air Services between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Caribbean nation in order to regulate the air transport service of passengers and cargo between the territories of both countries opens opportunities for Conviasa Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautical Industries and Air Services SA to resume flights to our country and did other parts in respect of air freedoms.Today we have gone beyond these we are determined that our people work cooperatively in a way that we have had to do for a long time And that was suspended. The signing of air services will allow cooperation and movement of people between our countries Mottley said.In this regard the President of the Republic Nicols Maduro celebrated that soon Venezuelans and Barbadians will have the opportunity to have a direct flight between Venezuela and Barbados which will expand tourism and strengthen the mechanisms of reconnection between Venezuela and Barbados.Regarding the signing of agreements on agriculture and food cooperation the Caribbean prime minister stressed that both nations face similar problems in terms of food production and we know the importance of science technology and research for this.Barbados and Venezuelas Urban Agriculture ExperienceIn his words he pointed out that Barbados has seen with very good eyes the experience of urban agriculture developed in Venezuela which gives way to cooperation around the production of products such as goat cheese an option that Barbados has so he pointed out that progress must be made in this matter. He outlined that it is not just about cooperation scientific research and agricultural practices but about opportunities to keep food prices low and then strengthen what we want to do in Barbados today as an agro-processing industry.AgroprocessingIn that line he said that last year we were working with our ministers investors and we hope that in another year we will be ready to take off more seriously and reach a prudent scale in agroprocessing.He also explained your Minister of Agriculture proposed that I talk with my ministers and farmers about the possibility of expanding production in Venezuela and not simply produce in Barbados and import from Venezuela.It seems to me that it is a perspective that we are going to discuss with our farmers and see what are the potentialities of having hectares for production because the climate crisis demands that we do not all put our eggs in the same basket we must guarantee that our countries of the Eastern Caribbean affected by the hurricanes we can continue to feed our peoples despite that he said.
