Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Maduro met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit

Russian President, Vladimir PutinThis Wednesday the Venezuelan dictator was welcomed, Nicolas MaduroWho is making his first trip abroad since July’s political crisis in the Caribbean nation.

,Venezuela is one of Russia’s old and reliable partners in Latin America and around the world in general.Putin said during the meeting held in the Russian city of Kazan and broadcast live on Russian public television.

The Russian President highlighted that “Strategic partnership relations between our countries continue to strengthen,

,Bilateral trade volume is increasing, we have many projects In the branches of energy, pharmaceutical industry, transportation, conquest of space, new technologies, ”he said.

For his part, Maduro, who arrived in Kazan last night in a surprise visit, assured that Venezuela “Has managed to recover its economy through its effortsWith very positive indicators of economic growth, defeat of inflation and investment.

,We are ready to continue receiving Russian investment“We have to continue to strengthen our trade, continue to strengthen alliances between trade sectors across all sectors,” he said.

“We’ve been through deserts, as you know, I think we’ve been through many deserts (…) and We stand now, whole and victorious“The Venezuelan people are victorious,” he said, referring to the deep economic and political crisis the Caribbean nation has endured over the past decade.

The dictator assured that “Venezuela is on the way to BRICSBecause it is on the path to balancing the world, creating a multipolar, polycentric world.”

Venezuela “BRICS firmly embraces the principlesThe Global South can only exist with the right to a future, to equality, freedom and prosperity.

“This 21st century is a century of great change, a century of great transformation, a century of the birth of a new geopolitics, where new emerging superpowers like China, like Russia, like India, can establish relations of respect and cooperation with the people. From the Global South and East,” he said.

Venezuela described the BRICS summit as “historical“And noted that”This is a great message of hope for the people of the world,

Maduro, who had not traveled abroad since last July, met the leaders of Belarus, Turkey, Palestine and Ethiopia in Kazan this Wednesday.

(with information from EFE)