Russia and Venezuela reaffirm commitment to fight Covid-19
Russia and Venezuela reaffirm commitment to fight Covid-19
Caracas, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) Presidents Nicolas Maduro and Vladimir Putin reaffirmed their commitment on Friday to maintaining cooperation between Venezuela and Russia to jointly fight the Covid-19 pandemic. According to an official communiqué from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, both presidents held a telephone conversation during which they expressed their interest in continuing to develop new investment projects in different sectors, within the framework of binational cooperation.
For his part, Maduro expressed the gratitude of the Venezuelan people for the arrival of the first batch of 10 million Sputnik V vaccines, and informed his Russian counterpart about the beginning of the immunization campaign in prioritized sectors.