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Moscow and Caracas negotiating possible Russian arms supplies to Venezuela, FM Lavrov says

22 June 2021 20:31 (UTC +04:00)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that his country will continue to help Venezuela in boosting its defence capabilities, APA reports citing Sputnik.

"The Venezuelan military has been supplied with Russian systems of military products, our specialists work there, who, in accordance with the contract, regularly carry out the necessary measures to maintain this equipment", Lavrov said after a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart, Jorge Arreaza.

"And yes, we are continuing negotiations on the supply of new batches of one or another type of weapon in accordance with the wishes that our Venezuelan friends convey to us based on their assessment of the needs of their armed and security forces", Lavrov added.