CARACAS, Sept 14 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced the opening of a direct Caracas-Moscow flight, as part of friendship and cooperation agreements entrenched today between the South American nation and Russia.
During a public address, Maduro highlighted recently agreed alliances in different areas for bilateral collaboration, in order to strengthen the relations between the two countries.
In this regard, Maduro highlighted the strategic coalition promoted by the Bolivarian Republic with Russia, in the face of political and economic US aggressions as well as its repeated military intervention threats.
In August, Defense Ministers, Sergey Shoigú and Vladimir Padrino (of Russia and Venezuela, respectively) announced an intergovernmental agreement to allow the exchange of warships at both nations´ ports.
During the official visit paid by Vladimir Padrino to Moscow, as part of the Venezuelan participation at the 2019International Military Games Army, both ministers discussed issues closely related to bilateral cooperation promoted since 2005 in the military and technological field. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA
