RELATIONS between Beijing and Caracas are continuing to strengthen, with China sending a medical ship to Venezuela for an eight-day period of friendly visits to the country.
The People’s Liberation Army Navy ship the Peace Ark stopped in the Venezuelan port of La Guaira as part of the 11-nation Mission Harmony tour, which was announced in June.
The ship previously visited Latin America in diplomatic missions in 2011 and 2016, but it is the first time it has docked in Venezuela.
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