Kampala, Uganda – The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, held a meeting with Ambassador Fatima Yeseina Fernandez Juarez of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Uganda, on April 14, 2026 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The meeting focused on strengthening Uganda-Venezuela bilateral relations and advancing cooperation in oil, gas, energy, mining, agriculture, petrochemicals, research and development. Both parties reaffirmed their commitment to South-South cooperation and pledged to maintain ongoing diplomatic and technical dialogue with a resolve to convene the Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) soon to formalise and scale up cooperation.

Ambassador Fernandez expressed Venezuela’s readiness to share technical expertise in upstream production, refining, and petrochemical development and appreciated the existing cooperation to a head of the forthcoming presidential swearing-in ceremony in May 2026.