Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China and Venezuela are good partners of mutual trust and common development, and that China will, as always, firmly support Venezuela in safeguarding its sovereignty, national dignity and social stability.

Xi made the remarks while meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on the sidelines of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War.

Maduro said Venezuela looks forward to strengthening its all-weather strategic partnership with China, deepening cooperation in trade, energy, agriculture, science and technology, education and other fields, and achieving more tangible results to better benefit the two peoples.