Maduro receives Russian Security Council Secretary
To discuss expanding "strategic collaboration" with Russia, the president of Venezuela met behind closed doors with Nikolai Pátrushev in Caracas
The deputy secretaries of the Security Council, Sergei Mélik-Bagdasarov, ambassador of Russia to Venezuela, and Vladimir Padrino López, Venezuelan defense minister, were also present at the secret meeting with Maduro. Government representatives discussed "challenges of current geopolitics, progress in ties between Venezuela and Russia, and the role of both nations in rejecting unilateral coercive actions," according to state-run channel VTV, which celebrated the meeting behind closed doors.