Maduro begins official visit to Saudi Arabia to deepen energy ties

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro arrived this Sunday in Saudi Arabia for an official visit to deepen bilateral relations in different areas, including cooperation in the oil sector.

Venezuelan state television reported that Maduro was received kindly upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia.

The source added that Maduro is visiting Saudi Arabia to develop “a work agenda to strengthen political, diplomatic, and energy alliances”.

The Venezuelan president is expected to meet with the high political and religious authorities of the Arab nation.

Venezuela and Saudi Arabia share strong ties in oil matters and are two of the five founding countries of the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries (OPEC).

This is Maduro’s third visit to that nation. He previously traveled in 2015 and 2016 in the framework of the struggle for the stability of the oil market.

Maduro arrived in Jeddah from Turkey, where he also held bilateral meetings to increase cooperation in different areas of strategic interest in the context of the inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as re-elected president.

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