Caracas, Jan 18 (EFE) .- The Minister of Petroleum of Venezuela, Tareck El Aissami, held on Sunday a meeting with the Vice Minister of Energy of Turkey, Alparslan Bayraktar, to review the energy agreements established between both nations and strengthen them.
The Venezuelan Oil Ministry reported the meeting in a press release.
“New times are coming and from Venezuela we can establish all kinds of relationship and cooperation with Turkey to strengthen and guarantee the development of both peoples,” El Aissami was quoted as saying in the statement.
Meanwhile, the Turkish deputy minister said, according to the text, that the “visit shows the commitment of our presidents and their desire to promote this cooperation.”
After the meeting, El Aissami and Bayraktar toured the José Antonio Anzoátegui Petrochemical Industrial Complex, located in the northeastern state of Anzoátegui, to “evaluate and enhance” the operations of the petrochemical industry in Venezuela.
Also present were the president of the state company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Asdrúbal Chávez, and the vice-presidents of Planning and Refining, Héctor Guillermo Felizola and Gabriel Rafael Oliveros, respectively.
Turkey and Venezuela maintain various agreements in different areas such as economy, defense, trade, science, tourism and culture, and also share the principle of “sovereignty of the peoples and non-foreign intervention.”
At the end of 2018, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the South American country and offered political and economic support to his counterpart Nicolás Maduro, who months before had won a controversial election whose results are not recognized by the opposition and a large part of the international community. .
Then, Venezuela and Turkey signed a battery of agreements and Erdogan promised Maduro to “cover most of the Venezuelan needs.”
Turkey has been one of the countries, along with Russia and Iran, that have offered the greatest diplomatic support to Maduro.
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