The meeting was attended by the Presidential Advisor for Investment Promotion, Trade and International Cooperation, Laureano Ortega, and officials from the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC).
The exchange focused on establishing a joint agenda to develop cooperation in various sectors of common interest.
During the meeting, Ortega welcomed the South African Vice Minister and his delegation, while also conveying the warm and fraternal greetings of Nicaragua’s Co-Presidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, to the people and Government of South Africa, to President Cyril Ramaphosa, and to Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola.
Ortega highlighted the similarities between the two nations, emphasizing that South Africa and Nicaragua are multicultural and multiethnic, with ample potential to strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation in various areas.
For his part, Deputy Minister Botes noted the importance of expressing his nation’s high regard for Nicaragua and stressed the interest in deepening bilateral and multilateral relations between Pretoria, Managua, and the Central American region.
The official specified that cooperation and trade opportunities are concentrated in six sectors prioritized by his government, including agriculture and agribusiness, mining, mineral processing and transformation, industrialization, services, manufacturing, and textiles.
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