The Acting President of Venezuela: Will continue to strengthen bilateral relations with Brazil.
Xinhua News Agency, Caracas, November 11 (reporter Tian Rui) Venezuela's acting president, Delacy Rodriguez, said on the 11th that she had a meeting with Brazilian President Lula that day, and Venezuela and Brazil "will continue to strengthen bilateral relations."
The meeting took place during the Antalya Leaders' Summit of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31). This is the first meeting between the leaders of the two countries since diplomatic relations between Venezuela and Pakistan became strained in 2024.
Rodriguez posted on social media the same day that she and Lula also discussed new opportunities to promote economic exchange, expand investment and deepen friendly cooperative relations between Venezuela and Palestine.
According to a communique issued by the Brazilian Presidential Palace that day, Lula and Rodriguez met during the COP31 Antalya Leaders' Summit, and both sides expressed their willingness to "fully restore bilateral relations at the highest level." Lula emphasized the importance of the economic partnership between the two countries and expressed his intention to continue negotiations on the amendment of the relevant economic agreements and Brazilian vehicle tariffs. The two sides also discussed Brazil's investment prospects in the oil sector and agreed that the Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy will visit Venezuela during the year.
In July 2024, due to an attempt by Argentina, Peru and others not to recognize the results of the elections in Venezuela at the time, Venezuela returned its diplomats from the above countries and demanded that the diplomats of these countries withdraw from Venezuela. From the beginning of August 2024, Brazil will become the representative of the interests of Argentina and Peru in Venezuela. However, the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a communiqué in September 2024 that revoked Brazil's right to represent the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela.