CFK, Chávez sign bilateral agreements

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner attended a bilateral meeting with her Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, where they both signed several bilateral cooperation agreements.

According to official sources, Fernández de Kirchner and Chávez reviewed their bilateral agenda and the possibility that the Argentine Government get involved in particular social matters.

During the ceremony, Chávez surprised Fernández de Kirchner with the announcement of the creation of the Néstor Kirchner meeting room.

He also unveiled a painting, created by himself, showing the face of her late husband sitting next to the Bolivarian leader..

“It’s my best work of art,” Chávez said after unveiling the painting. He also revealed that the paint “was still fresh” because he had “finished it last night.”

He repeated that the painting had been created entirely by him.

Visibly moved, Fernández de Kirchner received the original painting and thanked her Venezuelan counterpart.

“I would like to thank you for such an immense gesture of love and appreciation towards a man who was my partner in life and the father of my children,” she stated in tears.

The room could be seen decorated with framed photos of Chávez with the former Argentine president, and two of large oil portraits, both of them painted by Chávez.

Later, the Argentine head of State will participate in a ceremony presenting a social programme for women, launched by the Venezuelan government; to take place at the Teresa Carreño Theatre.

Fernández de Kirchner arrived to Caracas last night for an official three-day visit, in which she will participate in a historical ceremony honouring the creation of the Community for Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

Tomorrow, the Argentine president is to meet with her Brazilian counterpart, Dilma Rousseff.