In a put up on X, the MEA acknowledged that the Secretary (East) from the MEA, P Kumaran, met Venezuela's Vice-Minister for Improvement of Info and Communications Expertise, Raul Hernandez and held discussions on these areas.
“Secretary (East) P Kumaran met Mr Raul Hernandez, Vice-Minister for Improvement of Info and Communications Expertise, Venezuela. Discussions centered on cooperation within the areas of Digital Public Infrastructure and AI, together with within the fields of funds, citizen providers, agriculture, well being and training,” the MEA acknowledged in its put up on X.
In accordance with the MEA, India and Venezuela have at all times loved cordial relations. There's a similarity of views on main worldwide, political and financial points. Along with actively selling bilateral relations, the 2 nations additionally cooperate in multilateral boards.
The nations marked the sixty fourth Anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations in 2023. Resident Embassies have been in Caracas and New Delhi for over 4 many years. Venezuela has emerged as one in every of India's largest oil suppliers.
In February, an MoU on Cooperation within the Area of Sharing Profitable Digital Options Carried out at Inhabitants Scale for Digital Transformation was signed between the Ministry of Electronics and Info Expertise and the Venezuelan Ministry of Science and Expertise.As per MEA, the primary objects of India's exports to Venezuela are mineral fuels and oils and merchandise of their distillation; bituminous substances; pharmaceutical merchandise; cotton; nuclear reactors; boilers; equipment and mechanical home equipment; electrical equipment and tools; sound recorders and reproducers; tv picture and sound recorders and reproducers; articles of attire and clothes equipment; and miscellaneous chemical merchandise. In the meantime, the primary objects of India's imports from Venezuela are mineral fuels and oils and merchandise of their distillation, bituminous substances; mineral waxes, iron and metal, aluminium, edible greens and sure roots and tubers, copper and articles thereof, lead and articles thereof, zinc and articles thereof, wooden and articles of wooden; electrical equipment and tools and components thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, tv picture and sound recorders and reproducers, uncooked hides, skins and leather-based, boilers, equipment and mechanical home equipment; edible fruit and nuts; plastic and articles thereof, natural chemical substances, miscellaneous chemical merchandise, and articles of iron or metal.