Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro met with his Burkinabé counterpart, Ibrahim Traoré, to enhance South-South cooperation, continuing diplomatic efforts first established under Comandante Hugo Chávez.

For the past two decades, Venezuela and Burkina Faso have engaged in strategic partnerships in energy, mining, and education, forging 27 bilateral agreements across sectors including politics, scientific collaboration, military cooperation, security, agriculture, civil protection, and education.

Currently, both nations are negotiating 14 new projects, reinforcing their commitment to non-intervention, respect for international law, and opposition to unilateral U.S. sanctions.

On February 7, 2024, Venezuela and Burkina Faso launched the First Joint Commission Meeting, where technical cooperation discussions advanced 22 projects, according to Foreign Minister Yván Gil.

Diplomatic relations between the two nations were officially established on September 2, 2003, under Hugo Chávez’s administration, as part of his vision of fostering African solidarity and South-South diplomacy.

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