On November 24, 2025, Her Excellency Jiang Wei, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Antigua and Barbuda, paid a courtesy call on Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Venezuelan Ambassador Carmen Velásquez.

Ambassador Jiang said that China and Venezuela are good partners of mutual trust and common development. Since the two countries elevated bilateral relations to an all-weather strategic partnership, exchanges across various fields have been steadily deepened. She expressed the hope to further strengthening exchanges and contacts with the diplomatic corps in Antigua and Barbuda and support each other in advancing work with Antigua and Barbuda going forward.

Ambassador Carmen Velásquez congratulated Ambassador Jiang on her assumption of office, spoke highly of the traditional friendship and pragmatic cooperation between Venezuela and China, and stated that, as the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Antigua and Barbuda, she is ready to maintain close communication and coordination with Ambassador Jiang and the Chinese Embassy.