The President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, announced this Wednesday that he will soon make a working visit to China, to continue strengthening strategic cooperation in various fields.
"Soon I am going to Beijing to give a hug to our brother Xi Jinping -Chinese president-, in China," said the Head of State at a press conference to foreign media, via teleconference, from the Miraflores Palace, Caracas.
China and Venezuela established diplomatic relations on June 28, 1974. The leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez, reinvigorated these ties as of 1999 as part of a world geostrategic vision.
Both nations develop more than 700 joint projects in different areas of the economy and President Maduro to consolidate these links has made more than 10 visits to the Asian nation as an expression of the importance and respect that joint relations between the two countries have. Ministry for Foreign Relations.
