Venezuela and Russia expand oil cooperation and propose “peaceful” use of nuclear energy

Russia It is Venezuela They agreed to expand their oil cooperation and raised the issue of the “peaceful use of nuclear energy” during a visit to Caracas this Tuesday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Lavrov, who arrived in Venezuela on Monday night from Cuba as part of a new tour of Latin America, held a meeting with the Venezuelan vice president. Delcy Rodriguez and the chancellor Yván Gil.

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““We have established important areas of our cooperation, expanding cooperation in oil production, gas field development, agriculture, medicine and pharmaceuticals,” Lavrov said during a press conference, according to the official translation.

“We also consider the area of ​​peaceful use of nuclear energy to be promising, we also discussed this issue today, we agreed to increase the volume of cooperation in all these areas,” the Russian official added without offering details.

Lavrov previously visited Venezuela in April 2023, when he invited the president’s government Nicolás Maduro “join forces” to face US sanctions.

Gil, in turn, highlighted the “takeoff” of trade between the two countries. “Russia has become a reliable supplier of secondary products”, He maintained, without offering numbers.

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The Caracas-Moscow relationship strengthened during the government of the late former president Hugo Chavez (1999-2013). Both countries signed 430 agreements that include the areas of mining, gas, oil and tourism, which allowed thousands of Russians to arrive in the Caribbean country.

“Venezuela is one of the closest and most trusted friends in Latin America and the world in general, we are united by close strategic partnership relationships.”, Lavrov noted.

Part of the scope of “high-level cooperation” includes Venezuela’s purchase of Russian weapons and military equipment for hundreds of millions of dollars by the end of an economic boom in 2014.

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After visiting Venezuela, Lavrov will travel to Brazil to participate in a meeting of foreign ministers of the G20.

Foreign ministers plan to meet again in Russia on a date to be announced.

Source: Elcomercio

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