Venezuela’s Maduro To Visit China To Re-Engage, Strengthen Ties

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro will visit China from Friday, Beijing said, marking renewed engagement between the two Countries.

Energy investment and debt repayment issues are likely to be a focus of the September 8 to 14 visit.

China, the world’s largest importer of crude oil, is Venezuela’s largest creditor and a major player in the country’s oil industry, which has the world’s largest proven reserves.

Maduro’s arrival will follow meetings between a Venezuelan delegation, including the Country’s Vice President and Oil Minister, and the Chinese officials including Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing and Shanghai earlier this week according to China’s Foreign Ministry.

The two Countries “closely coordinate and cooperate in international and regional affairs, firmly support each other, and jointly oppose hegemonism and unilateralism,” China’s Vice President Han Zheng told the Venezuelan delegation.

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said in a post on X on Friday that the two Governments were strengthening relations and cooperation in favour of peace.

REUTERS