BEIJING, China – China and Venezuela signed a number of bilateral cooperation paperwork centered on varied areas together with financial system, commerce and tourism, China’s state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) stated on Wednesday.
In selling stronger ties between the 2 international locations, China’s President Xi Jinping signed the offers with Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro after a gathering in Beijing.
Xi identified that the 2 international locations are companions with shared improvement, state media reported, highlighting that each are “good friends with mutual trust.”
Xi additionally famous that subsequent 12 months would be the fiftieth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between China and Venezuela.
The two international locations additionally signed offers on the financial system and commerce, science and expertise, civil aviation, and aerospace.
Venezuela stated it actively helps China’s Belt and Road Initiative to spice up world commerce infrastructure, Chinese state media stated, referring to the upcoming convention in China subsequent month. China has stated it has signed Belt and Road cooperation agreements with greater than 150 international locations and over 30 worldwide organizations.
Maduro stated Venezuela can also be keen to intently talk and cooperate with China inside multilateral frameworks such because the BRICS mechanism and the United Nations.
Venezuela is actively courting membership of BRICS, a gaggle of main rising economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which lately favoured enlargement and welcomed new members. — Reuters
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