{"id":28086,"date":"2024-02-21T11:11:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/russian-foreign-minister-visits-venezuela-reaffirming-support-for-maduro-regime\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T05:41:44","slug":"russian-foreign-minister-visits-venezuela-reaffirming-support-for-maduro-regime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/russian-foreign-minister-visits-venezuela-reaffirming-support-for-maduro-regime\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian foreign minister visits Venezuela, reaffirming support for Maduro regime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reaffirmed Tuesday his government\u2019s support for the administration of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, expressing commitment to strategic cooperation in numerous sectors, including technology, energy and culture, during an hours-long visit to the South American country.<\/p>\n

Lavrov\u2019s meetings with Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and Foreign Minister Yv\u00e1n Gil in the capital, Caracas, took place as Venezuela’s government and a U.S.-backed faction of the opposition continue to negotiate conditions to level the playing field ahead of this year\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n

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During the difficult negotiation process, which started in 2021 and has been guided by Norwegian diplomats, Russia has completely backed the Venezuelan government.<\/p>\n

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, shakes hands with Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024.<\/span> (AP Photo\/Ariana Cubillos)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Unconditional Russian and Chinese support has allowed Venezuela to circumvent crippling economic sanctions, imposed primarily by the U.S.<\/p>\n

Lavrov told reporters Russia\u2019s support of Maduro’s representatives in the negotiations “remains in force.” His second visit to Caracas in less than a year, which came after a stop at Cuba, was part of a three-country tour of Latin America. His next and final stop is Brazil, where he will participate in a meeting of the Group of 20 foreign ministers.<\/p>\n

Gil said ongoing discussions with Russia include increasing the number of flights between both countries which are operated by Venezuela\u2019s state-owned airline, as well as opening an insulin production plant equipped with Russian technology.<\/p>\n

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“Venezuela and Russia are two countries that are victims on the international stage of the illegal, irrational, illegitimate application of unilateral coercive measures,” Gil said referring to economic sanctions. However, he said, both countries “have woven a close relationship, a functional, structural relationship that allows us today to show concrete results to our people.”<\/p>\n

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