Deputy Foreign Minister of Venezuela Francisco Xavier Arias Cardenas received Abkhazian Government delegation, Abkhazia MFA press service informs. Venezuelan side expressed interest in prompt establishment and development of diplomatic relations with Abkhazia.

Representative of Venezuelan Foreign Ministry delegation presented a note of Abkhazian Republic independence recognition.

The sides are expected to conclude a relevant treaty on bilateral relations these days, Interfax reports.

Venezuela recognized independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on September 10, 2009. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated this during his Moscow visit. Earlier, Russia and Nicaragua also recognized independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.