00:00And on Friday, the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Ivan Geel, issued a statement
00:04to celebrate the first anniversary of the strengthening of bilateral relations
00:08between Venezuela and China. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asserted
00:12the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, on behalf of the
00:18Venezuelan people and the Bolivarian government, is pleased to express to the President of the
00:22People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, his government and the brotherly Chinese people
00:27the feeling of joy and celebration on the first anniversary of the establishment of the all-weather
00:33strategic partnership between the two sister nations. The Foreign Minister of Venezuela also
00:40said that on September 13, 2023, a historical presidential summit was held in Beijing,
00:48where both heads of state reached broad consensus and agreed that Venezuela and China are in a new
00:53stage of binational and international relations, showing that the relationship is as solid as a
00:59rock and that it will only grow in the years to come, fulfilling the legacy initiated by leaders
01:05Hugo Chávez Frías and Xi Jinping. The Ministry further pointed out that the Bolivarian Republic
01:11of Venezuela reaffirms its commitment to continue working hard to expand and strengthen the relations
01:16of friendship and sisterhood with the People's Republic of China in order to ensure greater
01:22welfare and happiness for both people, as well as joint efforts in building a new world of
01:28balance, friendship and peace, free of gross hegemony and attached to international law.
01:34The Foreign Minister Ivan Geel underscored that solid relations between Venezuela and China
01:40have been set under the principles of self-determination and sovereign equality of
01:45the states, inspired by the highest human values that must govern the community of nations and
01:51their common destiny.
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