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Canada–Venezuela relations have been on good terms since the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the two countries in the 1950s. == History == In February 1948, there was a Canadian Consulate General in Caracas and a Venezuelan Consulate General in Montreal. In that year, the Venezuelan Consul General, on behalf of the government of Venezuela, made a rapprochement with Canada in order to open direct diplomatic representations between the two countries;〔''Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada'' (Documents on Canadian External Relations ) Accessed 17 December 2007〕 but the Canadian government delayed the opening of a diplomatic mission in Venezuela because of the lack of enough suitable personnel for the manning of a Canadian mission in Venezuela and the impossibility of Canada beginning a representation in Venezuela in that year without considering a policy of expansion of Canadian representation abroad.〔''Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada'' (Documents on Canadian External Relations ) Accessed 17 December 2007〕 In the interest of protecting Canadian trade with Venezuela and considering the difficulties for business in being without a Canadian representation in Caracas, Canada was pushed to accept the Venezuelan offer of exchanging diplomatic missions.〔''Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada'' ( Documents on Canadian External Relations ) Accessed 17 December 2007〕 Finally, Canada elevated the former office of the Canadian Consulate General in Caracas to the category of embassy in 1953.〔''The Canadian Embassy in Venezuela'' ( Bilateral Relations ) Accessed 17 December 2007〕 On the other hand, Venezuela established an embassy in Canada in 1952.〔''Embassy of Venezuela in Canada'' () Accessed 18 December 2007〕 Since then, there have been good commercial relations between the two countries, especially in technology, oil and gas industry, telecommunications and others. In December 2006, Hugo Chavez was re-elected President of Venezuela with 61% of the vote, originally being first elected in 1998. A number of national and international observers were on hand for the elections, including an OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM), to which Canada contributed $110,000. Five Canadians were members of the EOM. Some irregularities were noted by the EOM, especially with regard to polling station closing times, but the EOM described the conduct of the election as generally satisfactory. Canada continues to support democratic reform and human rights in Venezuela while maintaining good bilateral relations. Canada continues to support civil society organizations that are working in the areas of democracy and human rights in Venezuela. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canada–Venezuela relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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