Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu paid a visit to Venezuela on 21-22 September 2018.

This constituted the first visit from Turkey to Venezuela at the Foreign Ministerial level after 19 years.

Minister Çavuşoğlu met with Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza of Venezuela.

The Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation between Turkish Foreign Ministry's Diplomacy Academy and Venezuelan Foreign Ministry's Institute for Advanced Diplomatic Studies “Pedro Gual”, and the Memorandum of Understanding on Consular Affairs between our Ministries were signed.

During the visit, Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was received by President Nicolas Maduro.

Minister Çavuşoğlu also had a meeting with Deputy President Delcy Rodriguez.