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Venezuela and Russia enhance parliamentary cooperation

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October 4 |

The president of the National Assembly of Venezuela (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, held this Tuesday a working meeting with the president of the Council of the Russian Federation (Upper House of Parliament), Valentina Matvienko.

“Today we held a pleasant meeting with Valentina Matvienko, President of the Council of the Russian Federation, with whom we strengthened the ties of friendship and agreed on an agenda of cooperation between our parliaments,” reported Jorge Rodriguez.

During the meeting, which took place in the Russian capital, the leaders held a working table in which they reached agreements to consolidate the relations of cooperation and fraternity between parliaments of both nations.

“We cordially welcome the President of the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, His Excellency Jorge Rodríguez Gómez and the parliamentary delegation accompanying him to the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation”, said Valentina Matvienko.

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The Venezuelan delegation was composed of the Venezuelan Ambassador to Russia, Jesús Rafael Salazar Velázquez; the second vice-president of the National Assembly, deputy América Pérez and deputies Jesús Faría, Carolina Cestari, Grecia Colmenares and Roy Daza; as part of the visit, the Venezuelan delegation had the opportunity to tour the building where the Russian chamber resides.

Likewise, the Venezuelan delegation participated in the International Parliamentary Conference Russia – Latin America, an occasion in which the defense of sovereignty and the union of parliaments for the development of Russia and the peoples of the region were advocated.

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