Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will visit China from September 8 to 14, the foreign ministry in Beijing announced on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping invited his Venezuelan counterpart, the ministry also revealed.
"We firmly support Venezuela in safeguarding national independence and national dignity, and are Venezuela's trustworthy friends," Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi told visiting Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez on September 7, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
"Venezuela sincerely thanks China for its firm support for Venezuela's just cause of opposing unilateral sanctions and unreasonable blockades," Rodriguez reportedly replied.