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Venezuelan vice president meets ‘good friend’ Lavrov of Russia
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Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov met on Thursday to overview their nations’ strategic alliance and talk about the “advanced” worldwide scenario, she stated in a message on Twitter.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has expressed assist for Russian President Vladimir Putin since Moscow launched an invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Primero Justicia holds a placard displaying the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
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The assembly between Rodriguez and Lavrov occurred 5 days after U.S. officers met Maduro and urged Caracas ship a few of its oil exports to the US as a part of an settlement to ease sanctions in opposition to the OPEC member nation.
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“We held a gathering with our good good friend Sergei Lavrov. We reviewed our bilateral strategic relations and the advanced worldwide state of affairs,” Rodriguez stated.
“Venezuela reaffirmed the precept of sovereign equality of states as a strategy to protect stability for the sake of peace,” she added, with out giving extra particulars.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes fingers together with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro
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Earlier, Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov, Russia’s ambassador to Venezuela, wrote in a Twitter message that the assembly occurred in Antalya, Turkey, and revealed a picture of Rodriguez and Lavrov strolling facet by facet.
He gave no particulars of the assembly, which Venezuelan Overseas Minister Felix Plasencia additionally attended.
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Venezuela’s Ministry of Communication and Info didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Destroyed Russian tanks are seen on a primary highway
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Maduro has accused NATO and the US of inflicting the disaster over Ukraine, arguing they flouted the Minsk agreements that aimed to finish a battle that started in 2014 between pro-Russian separatists in japanese Ukraine and the Kyiv authorities.
Plasencia will participate in a discussion board on diplomacy within the Turkish metropolis from Friday by means of Sunday, in line with a message revealed on the Venezuelan overseas ministry’s Twitter account.