Dictator Nicolás Maduro announced that Russia and Venezuela will sign twenty agreements in April

Russia and Venezuela will sign twenty agreements in several areas at the meeting of its high-level intergovernmental commission to be held in the Russian capital in early April, said President Chavez, Nicolás Maduro, in an interview with Russian public television.

According to the Venezuelan leader, at this meeting, they will be signed "more than 20 cooperation agreements"in economics, commerce, culture, energy and education.

The news is known amid an escalation of Russian interference in the South American oil country, plunged into an unprecedented multidimensional crisis that the Putin government has profited from to become ubiquitous both economically and militarily .

Maduro badured that Moscow and Caracas are "moving forward"in relations established under the government of Hugo Chávez and ensuring him good friendly relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I've always said that he's a strong leader"He defends the dignity and independence of the peoples of the world," he said, adding that he had described his Russian counterpart as a "very" person.goal"and"sincere"

With regard to Russian aid, he stressed that Two weeks ago, a cargo of several tons of humanitarian cargo arrived in Latin America. and soon the reception of another is planned, with drugs.

Cooperation between Russia and Venezuela is mutually beneficial and, over time, it will only go further, Maduro promised.

The Russian Ministry of Energy issued a statement on Tuesday confirming its interest in extending the energy cooperation with Venezuela.

According to preliminary data, the meeting of the intergovernmental cooperation commission will take place in Moscow between April 4th and 7th.

Russia, faithful ally of the Maduro government, since the beginning of the crisis in Venezuela defended its cooperation with Caracas fiercely and rejected "destructive interference"other states in the internal affairs of the country of Latin America.

The United States, for its part, accuses Moscow of supporting the "illegitimate"President Maduro and crude from the state-owned PDVSA buy crude oil, defying US sanctions and contributing to the survival of the regime criticized by Washington.

(With EFE information)