Venezuela and Russia have prepared several agreements that they will sign between December 13 and 14, in Caracas, during a meeting of the high-level intergovernmental commission (CIAN) made up of both nationsreported this Thursday the Foreign Ministry of the Caribbean country.
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The Foreign Ministry indicated in a statement that the review of these future agreements, about which it did not offer further details, took place in the framework of a meeting between the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Carlos Faria, and the Russian deputy prime minister, alexander novakin Moscow.
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In addition to the foreign minister, the ambassador to Russia, Jesús Salazar, participated for Venezuela; the Minister of Industry, Hipólito Abreu; the vice minister for Europe, Yvan Gil; and the president of the state oil company (PDVSA), Asdrúbal Chávez.
Faria explained that the meeting was “an extraordinary opportunity to share visions and strengthen the progress of joint projects”.
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The meeting was held within the framework of the visit of a Venezuelan delegation to Russia to participate in the 2022 Energy Week International Forum that concludes on Friday.
During this visit to Moscow, Faría also met with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, and they reviewed the progress of bilateral projects, while committing to raise the strategic level of diplomatic relations.
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Last February, representatives of both governments held a meeting in Caracas, where they stated their intention to expand bilateral cooperation that is currently based on more than 20 agreements in different areasas the Foreign Ministry reported at the time.
EFE
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