 President Herrera and I have just concluded a series of productive meetings in which we reviewed the relations between our two countries and the international situation. The overall relations between the United States and Venezuela are excellent and we've discovered that both nations share similar concerns about the international situation. We took a close look at development in the Caribbean Basin region and discussed what can be done to promote peace, freedom and representative government in that part of the world. We agreed to pursue the initiative begun by Venezuela, Mexico, Canada and the United States for the Caribbean Basin region. We will continue and strengthen where possible our individual programs and encourage other states to do likewise. And furthermore, we agreed that we must promote the economic and social development of the hemisphere through international cooperation. We can be expected to continue our opposition to any interference in the internal affairs of western hemisphere countries. And furthermore, we agreed that we must promote the economic and social development of the hemisphere through international cooperation. We can be expected to continue our opposition to any interference in the internal affairs of western hemisphere countries. We agreed that efforts must be made to strengthen democracy, liberty and pluralism against extremism and totalitarianism. We continued discussions. We started at Cancun about global economic relations and exchanged views on the alternative paths to third world development. Finally, we conducted a comprehensive and forthright review of the relations between Venezuela and the United States. We found that there is a high level of cooperation and respect between our nations and pledged to continue this friendly relationship. In addition to the usefulness of reviewing these issues, I want to emphasize how much I enjoyed sharing the past two days with my friend, President Herrera, with Mrs. Herrera and the distinguished delegation that accompanied them. We expect to remain in close contact on matters of crucial importance to peace and to the well-being of the hemisphere. I begin by very vividly thanking the President of the United States, my friend Ronald Reagan, for the kind invitation he gave me to visit this great democracy. I thank him for the magnificent organization of the visit, for having made contact not only at the highest level that is the presidential, but also with distinguished personalities of the executive and legislative powers of the United States. We return to Venezuela loaded with attention, kindness and kindness by Mr. President, Mr. Reagan, and all of us who have had the opportunity to travel and talk in these days. Allow me, first of all, to thank very heartily the President of the United States, my friend Ronald Reagan, for his kind invitation, for the kind invitation he extended to me to visit this great democracy. Allow me to thank him for the excellent organization of this visit, for having made possible for us to have contacts not only at the highest level that of the presidency of the country, but also at the level of high officials and personalities coming from the executive and the legislative powers of the United States. We shall return to Venezuela with our hearts filled with the attentions and the kindness shown to us by President Reagan, Mrs. Reagan, and all the Americans we saw and talked to. In relation particularly to the need to limit nuclear weapons in Europe, both by part of the United States and the Soviet Union, I think that the four points proposed by the President in his intervention in the National Press Club are a magnificent collaboration and I am happy to have been here when that historic event took place. I wish to say that I believe that this is a fortunate coincidence the fact that I am here in Washington. I was here in Washington the morning of the extraordinary speech made by President Reagan and I believe that this speech will have a great impact throughout the world, especially in regard to the need of limiting nuclear armament in Europe both by the United States and the Soviet Union. I believe that the four points you stated Mr. President in your speech to the National Press Club are will be a great contribution to detente and I must say I am very happy to have been here this morning. It started the bilateral relations between the United States and the United States that they are at an optimal level and we reviewed the need to continue implementing some agreements signed with the previous ones, especially in the different activities that comprise the technological exchange. It started the bilateral relations between Venezuela and the United States relations which I must say are presently at an optimal level and we reviewed the need to continue implementing agreements signed in the past between our two countries, most of them related to matters of technical exchange. We also analyzed the difficult political situation of the Central American area and the Caribbean. I must say that I expressed with the independence, the dignity and the seriousness of the outside Venezuelan policy with all the franchise the points of view of my government in this particular and that I was heard not only with respect but with a lot of cordiality and understanding. I must point out that the concepts of peace, of freedom, of democracy constituted the foundation of all the efforts that we made in relation to the area. We also analyzed the difficult political situation existing in the Central American area and the Caribbean and I must say that I expressed in the independent, dignified and serious position of our foreign policies with frankness and I expressed in this way the views of my government and allow me to say also that I was listened to with respect and not only with respect but also with cordiality and understanding and the concepts of peace, liberty and democracy were ever present were like a backdrop to our talks on the area. And the projection of the values of the democratic system and of the freedom when we talk about problems as acute as the one of the Salvador, we coincide in the need that the reach of a democratic exit that can overcome the situation of violence that exists in that country is unleashed as it is known by groups of radical Marxist impiracy. As you know the line of action of my government, the one we have always followed is a line of non-intervention and respect for the self-determination of nations and the projection of the goods of democracy and of freedom and when we spoke about such a delicate situation as the one existing in Salvador, we coincided in the need to encourage the achievement of a democratic way out that will enable that country to overcome the subversion coming from Marxist radical movements. And we recognize the effort that in the midst of great difficulties is being made by the government that presides José Napoleon Duarte to achieve that democratic and institutional