President Xi Jinping and President Nicolas Maduro meet in Beijing to shield bilateral alliance - MPPRE

President Xi Jinping and President Nicolas Maduro meet in Beijing to shield bilateral alliance

The President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, received this Friday afternoon in Beijing his counterpart from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros, for a bilateral meeting that both leaders will hold after the closing ceremony of the 16th Venezuela-China High-level Joint Committee (CMAN in Spanish). The welcoming ceremony, which began with the glorious notes of the national anthems of Venezuela and China, took place in the iconic Tiananmen Square where President Maduro received the honors corresponding to his high office. During the event, Caracas and Beijing signed 28 agreements in financing, energy, education, agriculture, culture, aerospace, health, science and technology, among other areas. In this intergovernmental meeting, the parties ratified their willingness to deepen and expand their cooperation relations, in addition to continue to follow the path of shared development and joint investments.