President Maduro welcomed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal

The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, welcomed on Tuesday the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Augusto Santos Silva, with whom he will hold a bilateral meeting to address issues of interest to both nations.

The meeting takes place at Miraflores Palace, headquarters of the Executive Power, located in Caracas, and in the same participate the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza; for Transportation, Carlos Osorio; for Foreign Trade, José Gregorio Vielma Mora, among other authorities of the ministerial team.

On Monday, during the installation of the eleventh meeting of the Follow-up Venezuela-Portugal Commission, in the headquarters of the Chancellery, the representative of the Government of Portugal reiterated the disposition of his country to support Venezuela through new projects of cooperation in different areas.

In the last 10 years, Venezuela and Portugal have promoted 189 cooperation agreements in strategic areas, of which 22 are in execution.