Namibia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah has arrived Venezuela as part of strategies to recognise the ‘Mother Africa’.
Namibia’s Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah, the country’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, arrived in Caracas on Sunday to advance bilateral relations.
The participation of the Namibian diplomat is part of the strategic importance that President Nicolas Maduro accords to African countries, according to Venezuela’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Nandi Ndaitwah was met at the Simon Bolivar International Airport by Yuri Pimentel, the vice foreign minister of Venezuela for Africa.
Ndaitwah received the Francisco de Miranda Order in its First Class from Maduro on March 3, 2021, in honor of his struggle for South Africa’s independence.
Nandi Ndaitwah has previously held positions as the Deputy Foreign Minister (1990–1996), Minister for Equality and Child Welfare (2000–2005), Minister for Information and Media (2005–2008), and Minister for Environment and Tourism (2008 -2012).
Venezuela and Namibia signed a pact to establish diplomatic ties on May 22, 1990. Eleven cooperation agreements in the fields of energy, mining, science, and culture have been inked between the two countries since that time.
The Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry reminded that when the Bolivarian Revolution got underway, relations between Venezuela and Namibia grew stronger under “a new foreign policy paradigm based on rapprochement and recognition with the countries of Mother Africa.”
