Chávez also announced that formal diplomatic relations will be established with South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

"[3] After succeeding Eduard Kokoity as President of South Ossetia, Leonid Tibilov dismissed Nariman Kozaev as ambassador on 25 July 2012.

[4] In January 2019, South Ossetian president Anatoly Bibilov traveled to Venezuela as head of a delegation of his country.

Bibilov attended the inauguration of Nicolás Maduro as the Venezuelan president.

[5] During the Venezuelan presidential crisis, Interim President Juan Guaidó sought to withdraw the recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia once he could form a new government.