Kingston, September 5 (RHC-PL), -- Jamaica today hosts the 10th Summit of Heads of State of Petrocaribe, an energy cooperation project devised by the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in Montego Bay.

The Summit includes a Commemorative Ceremony and a Plenary Session, which will examine the activities and achievements of PetroCaribe over the past decade.

An official statement informed that the Jamaican First Minister, Portia Simpson Miller and the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro are presiding over the Saturday event, in which the delegates are discussing the actions and achievements of Petrocaribe in its first decade of existence.

Governors, ministers and senior officials from the 17 member countries of the integration mechanism, the Caribbean Community, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the Latin American Energy Organization, and other agencies are in attendance.

On Sunday, Simpson Miller and Maduro will lead a delegation of Heads of Government and other delegates for the official opening of the Simón Bolivar Cultural Centre in downtown Kingston.

The Centre is a gift to the Government and people of Jamaica by the Government and people of Venezuela.