Foreign Minister Yván Gil reported that China invited Venezuela to participate in the project of the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) and assured that it is a “recognition” of the efforts that Venezuela has made in “favor of scientific development”.
The government of China invited Venezuela to join the project of the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), being the first country invited to participate in this plan that is under development and that is planned to be built from the year 2030, using super heavy launch vehicles.
The information was disclosed by Foreign Minister Yván Gil in Twitter with a statement, in which it is detailed that the association between these two countries “transcends to all areas of cooperation” and is a “recognition” of the efforts that Venezuela has made in “favor of scientific development.”
#RELEASE Venezuela is the first country to be invited by the Government of the People’s Republic of China to join the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) project, which is under development and is scheduled to be built starting in 2030. #TogetherTowardsTheFuture pic.twitter.com/WsqSeuLn2Q
— Yvan Gil (@yvangil) April 8, 2023
Marglad Bencomo, executive director of the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities (ABAE), visited China’s new National Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) on March 30 to discuss cooperation and exchanges. She was received by Wu Yanhua, former deputy director of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and now executive vice president of DSEL.
In the statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, it is also said that they view the results of the meeting between Bencomo and Yanhua with “great expectation”.
ABAE was invited to attend an international forum organized by DSEL during China’s national “space day”, which has been held annually on April 24 since 2016, which could provide a platform to sign an MoU.
In 2021, China and Russia presented a roadmap for the joint ILRS in St. Petersburg and opened the project to interested parties.
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