[1/2] Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a meeting with Chile's Ambassador to Venezuela Jaime Gazmuri, at Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela August 16, 2023.
REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro will visit China over Sept. 8-14, China's foreign ministry said on Friday, marking renewed engagement between the two countries amid deepening tensions between Beijing and Western capitals.
The visit coincides with the G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, which China's president Xi Jinping will not attend.
China is the world's largest importers of crude oil, while Venezuela has the largest proven reserves.
The company stopped carrying Venezuelan oil in August 2019 after the Trump administration tightened sanctions against the South American exporter.
Persons:
Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela Jaime Gazmuri, Leonardo Fernandez Viloria, Wang Yi, Delcy Rodriguez, Xi Jinping, Maduro, Xi, Trump, Hugo Chavez, Andrew Hayley, Liz Lee, Christopher Cushing
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, Venezuelan, UN, Energy, South, Thomson
Locations:
Venezuela, Miraflores, Caracas, Rights BEIJING, China, Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, Kpler, Malaysia, South American