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President Nicolás Maduro arrives in China on official visit

Photo: @PresidencialVen

September 8 |

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived Friday at Bo’an International Airport in the Chinese city of Shenzhen to begin an official visit that will last until September 14.

Upon his arrival in the Asian country, the South American president affirmed that this will be a historic visit for the strengthening of cooperation ties and the construction of a new world geopolitics.

The visit of Nicolás Maduro takes place at the invitation of the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, announced the spokeswoman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Hua Chunying, without providing details on the agenda of President Nicolás Maduro.

The last visit of the Venezuelan head of state to China took place in September 2018, when he also met with Xi Jinping with the aim of increasing bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

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The announcement of President Maduro’s visit to the Asian country comes after the visit to Beijing of Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who met on Thursday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to review bilateral issues and boost economic and trade agreements between the two nations.

During the meeting they agreed to “continue consolidating diplomatic relations at the highest level between both sister nations”, informed a press release from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

Within the framework of the visit of the Venezuelan high official to the Asian country, which began on Tuesday, a memorandum was signed between the Center for Satellite Oceanography of China, the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities and the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) for the specialized study of the environment.

During her stay in China, Delcy Rodríguez met with the president of the New Development Bank of the Brics group, Dilma Rousseff, to explore options for economic cooperation.

The visit of the Venezuelan Vice-President to China is a sign of the importance that the Government of the South American country attaches to its relations with the Asian giant. The agreements signed during the visit are aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two countries in economic, scientific and technological matters.

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