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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Venezuela on Monday and pledged to help the country cope with its severe economic crisis.
"We will meet most of the needs of Venezuela.
During the visit, Turkish companies announced their intention to invest 4.5 billion euros 19.6 $ bi) in the country.Information was given by Tareck el Aissami, Venezuelan Vice President of Economics.
Erdogan criticized the sanctions imposed on the country. "Venezuela is in the process of being subjugated, but Turkey is on the side of Venezuela, "said the Turkish president.
Not to mention the United States or the European Union, the Turkish president insisted that" restrictions and sanctions are "false," and warned that they were deepening the "instabilities".
"You can not punish an entire people for resolving its political differences, you know it through the bitter experiences of the past," Erdogan said at a working forum. in the gold trade, in which we have made much progress, but also in the direct exploitation of gold, "said dictator Nicolás Maduro
While oil production was shaken, the socialist leader invited Turkey and other international partners to invest in (19659002) At the beginning of the visit, Erdogan places flowers on the grave of Venezuelan Simón Bolívar and then takes part in a business meeting with Maduro.
The Turkish president goes to National Pantheon of downtown Caracas with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and Econo Mia Vice President, Tareck El Aissami, who received it upon arrival in the country Sunday night after attending at the G20 summit in Argentina
Relations between Venezuela and Turkey have tightened in recent years, notably in the United States.
Ankara also has tense relations s with the White House, which claims the extradition of cleric Fethullah Gülen, accused by Erdogan of orchestrating the failed coup of 2016.
] The approach between Erdogan and Maduro also developed in the context of the serious Venezuelan political and socio-economic crisis.
Non-oil trade between the two countries is about 800 million US dollars this year, according to Caracas.
Maduro says that he has great admiration for Erdogan, particularly for the iron fist he's applied after a coup attempt.
On July 8, Maduro went to Turkey. attend the inauguration of Erdogan, in power since 2003, for a new five-year term.
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