President Nicolás Maduro arrived in Moscow in the early hours of Wednesday, May 7, Attending the invitation of Vladimir Putin to participate in the commemoration of the 80 -year victory of the Red Army over Nazifascism.
During his visit, the high -level delegations met at the Kremlin, where a private meeting between the two leaders was highlighted. Since 2019, Venezuela and Russia have signed more than 350 agreements and have made 18 mixed commissions.
In addition, it is expected to intensify cooperation within the framework of OPEC+ and the forum of gas exporting countries. This could include the expansion of direct air traffic between both countries and the collaboration in the exploration of the ultra -resort space, with the installation of the Glonass terrestrial station in Venezuela.
The main themes that Putin and Maduro discussed
• Independent financial infrastructure
• Joint investments in oil, gas and mining
• Coordination in OPEC+ and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum
• More direct flights between Russia and Venezuela
• GLASASS TERRESTER STATION AND SPACE COOPERATION
• Alliances in health, medicine and vaccines
• Scientific and technological innovation
• Security, defense and technical-military cooperation
• Condemns the resurgence of Nazism and fascism
Lula and Xi Jinping will also meet with Putin
The Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, travels on Tuesday to Russia and China, where he will meet respectively with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, in an international scenario transformed by Donald Trump’s return and his commercial war. Lula will witness the military parade on Friday in the Red Square in Moscow in commemoration of the 80 years of the surrender of Nazi Germany against the Soviets.
It is expected that at the Putin ceremony he will use his speech to justify the offensive launched by Moscow in Ukraine in February 2022, which has caused tens of thousands of dead.
Brazilian diplomats estimate that the bilateral meeting between Lula and Putin will be a “Opportunity for a conversation” On Ukraine, after the unsuccessful attempts of the Brazilian leader to promote an alternative peace plan along with China.
Source: Ambito
