BEIJING: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is seeking Beijing's support to join the recently expanded BRICS group of emerging economies, as he makes...
This handout photo released by Miraflores Palace press office shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro , Secretary of the Nanshan District Committee of Shenzhen City Huang Xiangyue and Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores chatting during their welcoming ceremony at the urban theme park of Shenzhen Talents Park in Shenzhen, China on September 9, 2023.
In an interview with Chinese state news agency Xinhua on Saturday, Maduro said he aimed to secure “the entry of Venezuela into BRICS, with the support of China, with the support of all countries”. “The enlarged BRICS could be defined as the great engine for the acceleration of the birth of a new world, a world of cooperation where the global south has the leading voice,“ Maduro told Xinhua.
Maduro arrived in China on Friday and is expected to stay until Thursday for his first state visit to the country since 2018.