Erdogan plans to visit Venezuela this year

reported by Mehr News Agency quoted by AFP, Hakan Fidan, Minister Turkey’s Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday in Caracas that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to visit Venezuela this year, without specifying the exact date. /p>

Erdogan supported his counterpart Nicolas Maduro in December 2018 after the United States and several European Union countries refused to recognize Maduro’s re-election as Venezuela’s president.

Fidan said in a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Ivan Gil: Our president will visit Venezuela this year.

The Turkish Foreign Minister, who was welcomed by Maduro at the presidential palace Miraflores on Friday night, added: Venezuela plays It is very important in Turkey’s projects in this region and we have many cases in which we can cooperate.

The two ministers discussed the progress of bilateral cooperation in the fields of energy, petrochemical, mining and tourism.

Maduro visited Turkey in June 2022, where he invited the Turkish government and companies to invest in his country.