“We look forward to President Maduro at the celebrations in Moscow on May 9 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War,” Lavrov said.

Lavrov also spoke about reaching agreements with Venezuela on the development of cooperation in a number of industries, including energy, natural resources, industry, agriculture, and transport.

He added that the countries will also develop military-technical partnership.

RT led a live broadcast of Lavrov’s briefing following a meeting with Maduro.