Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said on Wednesday that he viewed as "a good signal" a communication forwarded by the Spanish government to congratulate the Venezuelan people and ruler for the democratic, civic performance during the referendum on the draft constitutional reform.

He explained that the letter was sent to him through Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Ángel Moratinos.

Moratinos called Venezuelan Ambassador to Spain Alfredo Toro Hardy to transmit him the congratulations for the civic behavior during the referendum, DPA reported.

Chávez said that the move could improve Venezuela-Spain relations, which were endangered some days ago due to the incident featured by Spain's King Juan Carlos and Chávez during the Ibero-American Summit held in Chile. On that occasion, the King asked the Venezuelan ruler to keep his mouth shut.