China and Venezuela signed 19 documents Saturday on issues
ranging from economic cooperation to visa procedures following
talks between visiting Vice President Zeng
Qinghong and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in
Caracas.?
The documents include a letter of intent on China's investment
in the construction of an agricultural special economic zone on
Guara Island and Venezuela's telecommunications network.
The two countries signed memorandums of understanding on ocean
shipping and peaceful utilization of the outer space, and an
agreement on oil and gas exploitation.
They also agreed to simplify visa procedures for officials
engaged in governmental cooperation programs.
Zeng, at the invitation of Venezuelan Vice President Jose
Vicente Rangel, arrived here Friday for an official visit.
He is in a five-nation tour in Latin America and the Caribbean,
which has taken him to Mexico and Peru. He will also visit Trinidad
and Tobago and Jamaica, where he is scheduled to attend the opening
of the first ministerial meeting of the China-Caribbean Economy and
Trade Cooperation Forum.
(Xinhua News Agency January 30, 2005)