Venezuela

France and Venezuela maintain regular political relations. Venezuela’s participation in the search for a solution to the issue of hostages in Colombia has generated an even greater level of bilateral dialogue.

President Chavez has traveled to Paris twice since 2007 (November 2007 and September 2008); ten agreements were signed during the second high level meeting between France and Venezuela in October 2008 and two trips by French ministerial authorities took place in Venezuela in 2009 (Anne-Marie Idrac, Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, in late March, and Eric Woerth, Minister for the Budget, Public Accounts and the Civil Service, in late April). A third high-level meeting should take place in Caracas in 2011, which will be an opportunity to strengthen our cooperation in many areas (energy, education, environment, etc.)

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