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New Delhi, India: Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez will travel to India on Wednesday for a five-day visit, the foreign ministry said, as New Delhi scales up crude imports from Caracas.
India, the world's third-largest oil buyer, has revived crude supplies from Venezuela to blunt a sharp crude shortfall from the crisis-ridden Middle East.
Rodriguez will be accompanied by several ministers and will hold meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said foreign ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal.
"Acting President Rodriguez will hold bilateral discussions with the Prime Minister covering the full spectrum of India-Venezuela relations and exploring avenues for further cooperation in energy, trade, investment, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, transportation, and renewable energy," Jaiswal told reporters Tuesday.
Rodriguez was originally scheduled to be in New Delhi this week to participate in a summit on the conservation of big cat species, but the conference was postponed to ensure the participation of African nations grappling with Ebola.
