RESOLUTIONS N° 04.02-05
 
PREAMBLE

1. RECOGNIZING the creation of PETROCARIBE as an initiative of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in the aim of contributing to the economic and social development of the peoples through the sovereign use of energy resources for the integration of countries in the Caribbean;

2. HIGHLIGHTING the PETROCARIBE Energy Cooperation Agreement, signed in the 1st Summit of Heads of State and of Government, held in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, on June 29, 2005;

3. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Energy Security Treaty (TSE) of PETROCARIBE, which stands for a broad-based, sustainable process of integration contributing to energy security in the Caribbean region and was signed on August 11, 2007;

The Heads of State and/or Government of the Members Countries of PETROCARIBE hereby state:

1. The joining of the Republican de Guatemala as a Member Country of the PETROCARIBE, for it has met all the requirements set forth and expressed its interest to be part of such Initiative, thus recognizing and accepting its by-laws and resolutions.

Manuel Esquivel
Counselor to the Prime Minister of  Belize

Carlos Lage Dávila
State Council Vice President of the Republic of Cuba

Roosvelt Skerrit
Primer Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica

Leonel Fernández Reina
President of the Dominican Republic

Samuel Hinds
Prime Minister of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana

René Preval
President of the Republic of Haiti

Manuel Zelaya
President of the Republic of Honduras

Orette Bruce Golding
Prime Minister of Jamaica

Daniel Ortega
President of the Republic of Nicaragua

Denzil Douglas
Primer Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis

Ralph Gonsalves
Primer Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Gregory Rusland
Minister of Natural Resources of the Republic of Suriname

Hugo Chávez Frías
President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela