The Venezuelan president arrived in Moscow to attend the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of Victory Day in World War II. Russia is one of Venezuela’s great allies and Kremlin sees the Caribbean country as “a reliable partner.”
“All our delegation is prepared because it is the best moment, in the 80 years of our relations, in the 80 years of that great victory, to take a new impulse, like the one we are going to take,” Maduro said during the meeting.
“Give a leap to an integral relationship of cooperationn In all subjects and in the years that are yet to come (…) see relationships flourish, ”he added.
Russian and Venezuelan presidents signed a Strategic Association and Cooperation Agreement at the end of the negotiations in the Kremlin. Maduro said the new agreement will be for 10 years.
The firm’s ceremony, which was attended by the government delegations of both countries, passed in the Malachite Sala of the Kremlin.
This is a document that “consolidates the high level achieved by Russian-Venezuelan relations and establishes the basic principles and guidelines for the future Development of long -term cooperation”, As explained by the Russian presidency.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov described the talks between Putin and Maduro as “very substantial.”
“They addressed all the issues on the agenda,” he said, and stressed that cooperation with Venezuela covers a wide range of sectors, including energy.
At the beginning of the meeting with Maduro, Putin stressed that the commercial volume (US $ 200 million) between the two countries increased 64% in 2024 and stressed the “good perspectives” in many areas such as LTo energy, transport, logistics, health and pharmaceutical.
On March 14, Putin held a videoconference with Maduro and invited him to visit Moscow for “Expand” bilateral cooperation.
The celebrations for Victory Day will end on May 9 with a great military parade in the Red Square in Moscow.
Russia support Maduro amid the questions to his re -electionon July 28, 2024, unknown to the United States and other Western countries due to complaints of opposition fraud, which claims a victory by exiled Edmundo González Urrutia.
Venezuela, meanwhile, He supports Russia in the conflict with Ukraine.
Maduro also expressed his confidence that the Agreement of Strategic Association and Cooperation with Moscow will allow relations to “flourish” between Russia, “today the main power of humanity”, and Venezuela, “fighting in the ideal of Simón Bolívar and Hugo Chávez.”