The Venezuelan foreign minister calls for the union of the Global South to protect tropical forests

The chancellor of VenezuelaYván Gil, today called on the Global South from the Republic of Congowhere a summit is held to protect rainforests, to “unite in action” and “be at the forefront” of defending their forests.

The Call of the Chancellor of Venezuela

“We are called to preserve and care for all our resources in a sustainable and sustainable manner.“said the Minister of Foreign Affairs during his speech at the Three Basin Summitwhich brought together leaders from the river countries in Brazaville Amazon, Congo and Mekong.

“This summit gives us hope and the commitment to coordinate more, to articulate ourselves and to establish a strategic alliance in these three immense hydrological basins”he added.

According to Gil, about the countries represented in this forum, which are home to 80% of the world’s tropical forests and two thirds of the biodiversity terrestrial,There is a great responsibility to maintain global environmental balance and the survival of all living species, so we have to face the challenges”

Thus, he highlighted “The importance geostrategic and geopolitics of joining forces and placing ourselves at the forefront of a powerful development mechanism for our peoples”.

Strategic Alliance for Sustainable Development

To improve your cooperation, Venezuela asked “socialize knowledge” of the countries of the three basins, promote “joint reforestation and restoration plans” of forests, working together “to eradicate illegal mining and chemicals and minerals that damage the environment,” and scientific exchange.

The meeting, which began this Thursday and is sponsored by United Nations and the African Union (AU), is celebrated after the eight Amazonian countries, together with the Republic of the Congo, the DRC and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, held talks last August in Belém (Brazil) in the call Amazon Summit.

Today, the closing day of the forum, up to eight African heads of state are expected to participate, in addition to the president of the AU commission (secretariat), Moussa Faki Mahamat, representatives of Colombia and Venezuela, and the secretary general of the AU. UN, António Guterres.

The presidents of BrazilLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and from Indonesia, Joko Widodo, will also be present, but virtually, because they are expected to send telematic messages.