On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has met with Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro to discuss the security of Venezuela's Jewish community and developments in the Middle East, among other things.
Lauder was accompanied by Claudio Epelman, Executive Director of the Latin American Jewish Congress, and former WJC Secretary General Michael Schneider. Maduro expressed his best wishes to the Jewish community on the occasion of Rosh Hashana.
The encounter with Maduro was part of a series of diplomatic meetings between WJC officials and visiting heads of state or government during the high-level session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
