The Venezuela-UK Energy Roundtable 2009 took place in the city of Caracas on 14-15 October at PDVSA La Tahona facilities, bringing together fifteen British and ten Venezuelan oil service companies.
With the aim of strengthening ties on anti-narcotics cooperation, Venezuela and the UK sealed a Memorandum of Understanding on combating drug trafficking.
Vice Minister for the Americas Chris Bryant paid a visit to the low income communities of “Los Jabillos” and “Vuelta El Fraile” from the Antímano parish in Caracas.
Vice Minister for the Americas Chris Bryant visited a primary health care unit and an Integral Diagnostic Centre that are part of the Barrio Adentro social programme sponsored by the Venezuelan Government.
Chris Bryant, Foreign Office Vice Minister for the Americas, visited the Children's Cardiological Hospital in Caracas and talked about the importance of bilateral co-operation in the healthcare area.