Ambassador of Venezuela presents Copies of Credentials before the Chinese Foreign Ministry - MPPRE

Ambassador of Venezuela presents Copies of Credentials before the Chinese Foreign Ministry

This Monday 23, in the morning, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Beijing, the Director General of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Hong Lei, received the Copies of Credentials that accredit the citizen Félix Plasencia González, as ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the People’s Republic of China.

Venezuela and China began diplomatic relations in 1974, however it was with the vision of Commander Hugo Chávez Frías, that since 1999 the bilateral link took on a strategic character for Venezuela’s development plans.

In July 2014, President Nicolás Maduro Moros and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to raise the level of relations between Venezuela and China to a Comprehensive Strategic Association, in order to be a more accurate reflection of the current bilateral ties, guiding future development between both nations.