Venezuelan oil minister back from China and Russia with financial support

Venezuelan Vice-President for Economic Affairs and President of state-run oil holding Pdvsa, Rafael Ramírez, arrived in Venezuela on Monday after a tour of Russia and China which gave new financial and political support to the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Ramírez informed that he visited Beijing and Moscow in search of financial support and in order to review new energy projects.

"With the Vice-President of China, Li Yuanchao, we agreed on new borrowing facilities for our country and reviewed energy projects," the Pdvsa president twitted.

"China has expressed every support to the Bolivarian government of President Maduro and all the Venezuelan people. We will win! We also visited Moscow for a meeting with President (Vladimir) Putin, where the maximum support to our government and people was expressed," he added, DPA cited.

On Monday evening, President Maduro had claimed that nationwide demonstrations, taking a toll of 18 fatalities and more than 250 injured people, seek to destabilize the country and overthrow his government.

Source: El Universal

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