The meeting, headed by FAO Director General QU Dongyu, was attended by a Venezuelan delegation composed of the Vice-Minister of Plant Agricultural Development and Agroindustry, Tibisay León; the Vice-Minister of Anti-Blockade Policies, William Castillo; the Vice-Minister of Communal Economy, Saúl Osio; the general director of the Office of Integration and International Affairs of the Ministry of People's Power for Productive Agriculture and Lands, Anny Fuentes Ortuño; the community spokesman Johander Pineda, from the Socialist Commune El Maizal, and the Venezuelan ambassador to FAO, Marilyn Di Luca Santaella.
During the meeting, this delegation presented the country's significant advances in agri-food, community and peace diplomacy under the leadership of President Nicolás Maduro.
Vice Minister Tibisay León presented the strategic framework of the Venezuelan agrifood policy, based on the Plan of the Homeland, the Plan of the 7 Transformations and the 13 Productive Engines. Mr. León highlighted the transition towards a territorially-based, communal, resilient and life-centered economic model.
Representing the People's Power, Johander Pineda, spokesman of the Socialist Commune El Maizal, shared the concrete experience of the communes as an example of productive transformation. He explained how they have managed to increase food production, facing adversities and building food sovereignty through self-management and collective planning.
Pineda reiterated that this model is replicated and multiplied throughout the country, evidencing the popular protagonism in the national transformation.
In a significant gesture, Vice Minister William Castillo, on behalf of President Nicolás Maduro, presented QU Dongyu with an official invitation to participate in the World Summit for Peace. This is a space promoted by Venezuela to promote understanding, dialogue and cooperation among the peoples of the world.
The FAO Director General, for his part, expressed his appreciation to President Maduro for the leadership shown in the recovery of the country's agrifood capacities. He also reiterated the support of the multilateral agency to the Venezuelan process of productive transformation, emphasizing sustainability, social inclusion and territorial equity.
Venezuela thus reaffirms its commitment to food sovereignty, where popular power plays a strategic role in development, and active diplomacy for peace, defending the right of peoples to live and produce with dignity.