Caracas_ The executives of the Russian state-owned company Rosneft will arrive in Venezuela today to close alliances with the Bolivarian government, said executive vice-president Tareck El Aissami, Prensa Latina publishes.

Rosneft participates as a partner with the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) in the joint companies Petrovictoria, Perforosven, Petromonagas and Petromiranda, with operations base in the Orinoco Oil Belt Hugo Chávez; and Petroperija, in Zulia state, the Venezuelan official recalled.

On the other hand, he emphasized the already established links between Venezuela and Russia, which are developed on the basis of mutual respect and commitment.

In this regard, he mentioned that Gazprombank, one of Russia's largest financial institutions, is one of the largest investors in Venezuela for the development of energy projects.

In addition, he said, in the last two years, the institution has invested more than one billion dollars in plans executed by Petrozamora.

The Aissami added that Moscow and Caracas have more than 261 agreements in the agricultural, oil, gas and industrial sectors.

He also announced that the government signed new energy agreements with India.

He said the Asian country, the seventh largest in the world, offered full support to Venezuela in the face of the economic siege imposed by the United States government, which seeks to restrict the transactions of state and PDVSA bonds.

The Aissami said that the Bolivarian Executive will begin the sale of oil in other foreign currencies, in addition to the dollar, as a response to the sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump.

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