Vice President for Economy reviewed bilateral cooperation projects with Russian ambassador

At the headquarters of the Ministry of People’s Power for Industry and National Production, was held the meeting between the Sectoral Vice President of Economy, Tareck El Aissami, and the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Venezuela, Vladimir Zaemskiy.

The work journey was attended by the Minister of People’s Power for Finances, Simón Zerpa, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Europe, Yvan Gil.

Venezuela and Russia ratified in recent meetings their upcoming work agendas to strengthen the agreements signed between both nations.

The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, during his visit to the headquarters of the United Nations Organization (New York, United States), spoke with the Chancellor of the Slavic nation, Sergey Lavrov, to reaffirm cooperation mechanisms and bilateral friendship.

In April this year, government officials chaired by Vladimir Putin visited the country in order to strengthen bilateral agricultural alliances led by the Russia-Venezuela High Level Intergovernmental Commission.

This body focuses on strengthening bilateral cooperation in the areas of military, health, metalworking, mining, oil, transport and food, to strengthen development and defense.