The vice minister for Asia, the Middle East and Oceania, Tatiana Pugh, had a meeting with the Japanese ambassador to Venezuela, Yasushi Sato, which was conducive to reaffirming the ties of friendship and cooperation between both nations.
The meeting took place at the Casa Amarilla Antonio José de Sucre, in Caracas, where the diplomats talked about various topics of interest and evaluated the opportunity to increase cooperation, mainly in the cultural field.
According to a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vice Minister Pugh emphasized the peaceful and democratic character of the Venezuelan people, “after the popular victory of President Nicolás Maduro Moros, in the elections held on July 28.”
For his part, the Japanese ambassador, who was accompanied by the cultural attaché, Keisuke Hasegawa, highlighted the rapprochement between both nations in recent years through culture with workshops, concerts, art and film exhibitions, among other activities.
Diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Japan were established in 1938, but were broken in 1941 as a consequence of the Second World War and were reestablished in 1951, detailed the Chancellery.
Likewise, he indicated that there are agreements between the two nations in various areas, such as mining, gas, oil, automotive and technology.