The president of Venezuela arrived in China at the request of President Xi Jinping. The South American head of state asked for Venezuela to join the BRICS, after the invitation to Argentina.
Nicolás Maduro and Xi Jinping, during the visit of the Venezuelan president in 2018, the last time they saw each other
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Madurowho is in China on official tour, made a request this Sunday in which he advocated for his country’s entry into the BRICS. Invited by special request his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinpingthe Venezuelan head of state expressed in statements to the press that it could be “strengthen the BRICS” through the “income of Venezuela with the support of China” and “all countries” as a way to consolidate ties between the Asian giant and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Ripe arrived in China this Friday and immediately announced that it seeks to integrate Venezuela in the block of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)an organization that was expanded at its last summit, voting for the extension to Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, United Arab Emirates and Iran. The Caribbean president is on a six-day trip in which he is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.
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Nicolás Maduro on an official visit to China: meeting with Xi Jinping and Venezuela’s entry into the BRICS
China maintains close relations with the government of Ripe, internationally isolated, at the same time that it is one of Venezuela’s main creditors. After landing in Shenzhen, a city in southern China, Maduro stated that it was “a historic visit to strengthen ties of cooperation and the construction of a new global geopolitics,” according to a video posted on Twitter. “Good news will rain for the Venezuelan people,” he added.
In this way, the head of state of Venezuela expressed in an interview with Chinese media that the BRICS could be “strengthened” through the “entry of Venezuela “with the support of China” and “all countries.”
About, the head of state of Venezuela He recalled the contributions that the Caribbean nation could make to the bloc as it is the country with the largest oil reserve in the world, as well as other important minerals. “There would be three lines of work: strengthening the China-Latin America and the Caribbean relationship with Celac (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, strengthen and expand the defense group of the United Nations Charter for a refoundation of the UN and Venezuela’s entry into the BRICS to continue strengthening the process of birth of a new world”, he proposed as axes of bilateral work between both sovereign nations.
Furthermore, he raised the need for China continue to increase your investments in Latin America and the Caribbean to strengthen ties with the region. Maduro is in China, where he arrived on Friday night for a six-day official stay for which the agenda was not released, but during which it is assumed that he will meet with the Chinese president.
Maduro’s arrival was preceded by that of the executive vice president of the Latin American country, Delcy Rodriguezwho held a meeting last Thursday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yito discuss bilateral issues and promote economic and trade agreements between both nations.
Source: Ambito
