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The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, stressed that the commercial exchange between his country and Venezuela grew by 64% in 2024, according to the Russian state News Agency Tass, after receiving this Wednesday in Moscow to his pair Nicolás Maduro, who is visiting the country to participate in the commemoration of the so -called victory day, when the Nazi Germany 80 years ago surrendered to the allied forces.
For his part, the president of Venezuela expressed his desire to “see relations” between the two countries flourish, after the signing of a new strategic cooperation and mutual support treaty, which will last 10 years.
A report from the Venezuelan state chain VTV adds that, among the issues set forth in the bilateral meeting, were the creation of an independent infrastructure to facilitate trade and investment “without depending on Western countries”, as well as intensifying cooperation in the organization of oil export countries and its allies (OPEP+) and the forum of export countries.
Until November 2024, Venezuela and Russia have maintained 17 agreements focused for “shared energy development and power, mutual investments, technology, education, training, commerce, military cooperation, interconnection and development of tourism,” according to a statement released by the Venezuelan Ministry of Hydrocarbons.
during the first seven months of 2023, the commercial exchange between the two countries had already increased by 70%, according to a statement released in October of that year by the Popular Ministry of Foreign Trade of Venezuela, which in turn quotes Russian Vice Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak, who maintains that the physical volume of commercial exchange during that period increased 2.5 times.
It is the second time that Maduro and Putin are in six months. His last meeting occurred in Kazan on October 23, 2024 during the BRICS Summit, a group formed by the five largest emerging economies in the world.
