Venezuela’s president plans to visit Moscow in near future

MOSCOW, January 19. /TASS/. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has said that he has plans to make a visit to Moscow in the near future. "We are solidary with the fraternal people of Russia," Maduro said during a teleconference at Venezuela’s embassy in Moscow, answering a TASS question. "I hope that soon I will be with this message in Moscow." A source with Venezuela’s embassy to Russia has confirmed to TASS that the visit is scheduled for this year’s first three months. Maduro paid his first-ever visit to Moscow on July 1-2, 2013. At the time, he attended the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) and held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On January 5, 2015, on the way to China, Maduro made a stopover in Moscow to meet with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov at the Russian capital’s Vnukovo-2 airport. A few days later, he came to Russia on a working visit and held talks with Putin. In May 2015, Maduro visited Russia to attend celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Read more