Venezuela and Russia expand their oil cooperation and propose the use of nuclear energy

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

Lavrov, who arrived on Monday night at Venezuela from Cuba as part of a new tour Latin Americawas received at the Miraflores presidential palace by his counterpart, Nicolás Maduro.

Before, he held a meeting with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and Foreign Minister Yván Gil.

“We have set important areas of our cooperation, deploying the expansion of cooperation in the oil productiondevelopment of gas fields, agriculture, medicine and pharmaceuticals”Lavrov indicated during a press conference, according to the official translation.

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

Was “a meeting full of solidarity and cooperation where we were talking about the agenda for the development of areas such as: science, technology, economy and energy“Maduro said in a message on the social network X.

“We are brother people working together for the prosperity of Russia and Venezuela“added Maduro.

The Venezuelan Foreign Minister highlighted, meanwhile, the “takeoff” of trade between both countries. “Russia has become a reliable supplier of secondary products”, he maintained, without offering figures.

The relationship Caracas-Moscow It narrowed during the government of the late former president Hugo Chávez (1999-2013). Both countries have signed 340 agreements that include the areas of mining, gas, Petroleum and tourismwhich have allowed the arrival of thousands of Russians to the Caribbean country.

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

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

Lavrov, who has visited several times Venezuelainvited the Maduro government to “join forces” to face the sanctions of USA.

Of VenezuelaLavrov will travel to Brazil to attend a meeting of G20 foreign ministers.

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