‘Venezuela is going to the Moon!” Gabriela Jimenez, Venezuela’s Vice President and Minister of Science and Technology, wrote in an X (then known as Twitter) post in July, after the country became the first in the Americas to join the China-initiated International Lunar Research Station program.
When meeting with visiting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Moros in Beijing on September 13, Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated the country for deciding to join the program.
Noting China attaches great importance to the development of relations with countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region and that next year will mark the 10th anniversary of the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Forum, Xi said China is ready to work with Venezuela and other countries in the region to promote cooperation and build a community with a shared future.
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