Venezuela recognized the SADR on August 3, 1982,[1] and formal diplomatic relations were established in December that year,[2] during the Luis Herrera Campins government.

[3] On 5 October 2004, an Integral Cooperation Convention was signed by Venezuelan Minister of Energy and Mines Rafael Ramírez and Sahrawi Cooperation Minister Salek Baba.

[5] In April 2010, the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Viceminister for Africa Reinaldo Bolívar met in the framework of the convention with Sahrawi ambassador Omar Emboirik Ahmed, reviewing the possibilities of educational cooperation.

[2] On 27 October 2011, the complementary accord to the Integral Water Resources Cooperation Convention was signed by Viceminister of Water of the Venezuelan Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Cristóbal Francisco Ortiz and the Sahrawi ambassador.

[6][unreliable source] On 21 March 2023, The two states signed a series of agreements to strengthen their political, diplomatic, social and economic alliances.