(20 Feb 2024)
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Caracas, Venezuela - 20 February 2024
1. Various of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro greeting Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
2. Close of Lavrov as Russian delegation greets Maduro
3. Close of Maduro listening to Lavrov
4. Various of Maduro and Lavrov seated next to each other during meeting
5. Lavrov meeting Venezuela’s Vice-president Delcy Rodriguez and Foreign Minister Yvan Gil
6. Lavrov And Gil walking
7. Lavrov and Gil standing next to each other as they address the media
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Minister:
“We emphasize the principle of respect for the sovereign equality of states. We are united in our rejection of the methods of diktat, blackmail, illegal unilateral restrictive measures practised by Washington and its satellites on occasion and without reason, and consider our cooperation on various multilateral platforms as an important joint contribution to the formation of a more equitable multipolar world.”
9. Close of Gil
10. Wide of Gil and Lavrov
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Yvan Gil, Venezuela’s Foreign Minister:
“For more than 25 years now, just with the arrival of President Hugo Chavez, we have woven a close relationship, a functional, structural relationship that allows us today to show concrete results to our people, today we can say that trade between Russia and Venezuela is beginning to take off."
12. Various of Maduro and Lavrov shaking hands
13. Various of Lavrov leaving
14. Various of Maduro waving goodbye
STORYLINE:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reaffirmed Tuesday his government’s support for the administration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
He expressed his commitment to strategic cooperation in numerous areas, including technology, energy and culture during an hours-long visit to the South American country.
Lavrov’s meetings with Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and Foreign Minister Yván Gil in the capital Caracas took place as Venezuela's government and a U.S.-backed faction of the opposition continue to negotiate conditions to level the playing field ahead of this year’s presidential election.
Unconditional Russian and Chinese support have allowed Venezuela to circumvent crippling economic sanctions, imposed primarily by the U.S.
AP video by Juan Arraez
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