Nicolas Maduro received this Friday in Caracas to Qiu Xiaoqi, special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinpingin the middle of the tensions with the United Stateswhich maintains a military deployment in the Caribbean under the argument of combating drug traffickingand Caracas qualifies as a “threat”.
Maduro received the official at the Miraflores presidential palacenext to the executive vice president, Delcy Rodríguezand the Chancellor Yván Gilas broadcast by the state channel Venezuelan Television (VTV).
On the part of the chinese delegationwas also present Chinese ambassador to Venezuela, Lan Hu.
According to VTVthe meeting aimed review the ties of cooperation between both nationswhich maintain “more than 600 agreements”.
He china government has expressed on several occasions his rejection of the United States air-naval deployment in the Caribbean, near Venezuelan waters, and has accused him of “violate international law” after the seizure of two oil tankers that they transported Venezuelan crude oil.
He December 22the spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Lin Jiandeclared that his country “systematically opposes illegal unilateral sanctions”which—he assured— have no basis in international law and They do not have the authorization of the UN Security Council.
“Venezuela has the right to independently develop mutually beneficial cooperation with other countries“added the spokesperson, while stating that the international community supports the Venezuelan position in the defense of their legitimate rights and interests.
Last Friday, the American President Donald Trump announced a attack on a “large facility” as part of his campaign against a drug trafficking networkwhich according to Washington is led by Venezuelawithout specifying whether it occurred within Venezuelan territory.
On Monday, Trump indicated that the attack was against a dockalthough did not specify the geographical location.
According to him New York Timesthe Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States carried out last week a drone attack against a port facility in Venezuela.
