The Foreign Minister of Bolivia goes to Russia to strengthen the bilateral relationship and cooperation
The Foreign Minister of Bolivia, Celinda Sosa, traveled to Russia to meet with her counterpart Sergei Lavrov with the aim of “strengthen“bilateral relations and”enlarge“cooperation in different areas, the Bolivian Foreign Ministry reported this Thursday.
The meeting is scheduled for this Friday and Saturday so, apart from the meeting with Lavrov, Sosa maintains “a series of strategic meetings within the framework of the review of the bilateral agenda between both countries“, indicated the Foreign Ministry in a statement. Some priorities of the meetings are political dialogue, the development of bilateral ties in addition to the “improvement of the legal and contractual basis, and the ways to expand cooperation” in political, economic, and scientific aspects. , commercial and investments.
“The official visit also has as its main objective to strengthen diplomatic relations that date back to 1898, addressing issues of mutual interest and reviewing the agreements under negotiation between Bolivia and Russia“, notes the note. The most recent meeting between Sosa and Lavrov took place at the meeting of the G20 Foreign Ministers in Rio de Janeiro, on February 21.
In 2021, the then Bolivian Foreign Minister, Rogelio Mayta, traveled to Moscow to also meet with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and express Bolivia’s interest in the participation of large Russian corporations in the development of its economy. Some Russian companies that operate in Bolivia are Gazprom, which is part of a consortium for gas processing; Rosatom, a company with which the Government agreed to build a nuclear research center in the city of El Alto; in addition, from other railway companies.
Likewise, Bolivia signed an agreement with the Russian firm Uranium One Group in December of last year, for the installation of a lithium carbonate plant with direct extraction technology. Bolivia and Russia have a marked political affinity that has even led the South American country to abstain from voting on UN resolutions regarding the condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
