Mexico City, Mexico, May 9, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela and Russia signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement on May 7 during President Nicolás Maduro’s official visit to Moscow.
The 10-year Strategic Cooperation Agreement strengthens bilateral ties, covering key areas such as security, defense, trade, and technology, and a Glonass navigation station in Venezuela.
The deal includes expanded initiatives on energy matters as part of both countries’ efforts to navigate US-led unilateral coercive measures, with a commitment to joint initiatives within multilateral energy organizations such as OPEC.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Maduro also pledged closer cooperation between their countries at the United Nations in opposition to sanctions.
The latest agreement, described by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as a substantial and very important framework, builds on over 350 existing agreements since 2019, and aims to boost economic resilience and counter Western sanctions through closer diplomatic and financial collaboration.
Maduro was in the Russian capital to participate in official commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
Our presence here confirms that the path of humanity must be peace, understanding, respect for equality and is also an expression of the infinite historical admiration for the Russian people, said Maduro during his appearance alongside Putin at the Grand Kremlin Palace.
Among the attendees for the 80th anniversary commemorations were Chinese President Xi Jinping and Burkinabé President Ibrahim Traoré.
From Latin America, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva also traveled to Moscow for the historic event.
Maduro and Díaz-Canel together laid a wreath at the monument of Latin American independence hero Simón Bolívar in the Russian capital.
Maduro held a bilateral meeting with Burkina Faso’s Traoré on the sidelines of the official celebrations. The Venezuelan president also met with Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov and Kazakhstan’s Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Commemorations included a massive military parade on Red Square in the presence of dozens of world leaders on Friday, which Maduro described as impressive and imposing.
We give credit to members of the Resistance who bravely fought Nazism as well as the troops of the allied armies of the United States, Great Britain and other countries.
We remember and honor the feat of Chinese soldiers in the fight against Japanese militarism, said Putin at the start of the military parade. At a gala held a day earlier at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Maduro was seated next to Chinese President Xi.
The two leaders later held high-level bilateral talks where Maduro celebrated the agreement establishing an all-weather strategic partnership between Beijing and Caracas.
Vice President Delcy Rodríguez recently visited China as part of the country’s push for strengthened economic and political ties with China. The Asian giant is Venezuela’s main destination for crude exports.
Venezuela Analysis / ABC Flash Point News 2025.
Mr. Putin has had a change of foreign policy from previous years .While friends with various countries he has held back from committing to a defence policy /
Now he has one with Iran/ North Korea/Venezuela which means in the event of attack Russia will come to their defence .This is a major change of policy ,no longer is he worried he might upset the USA/West .
America/UK/EU cant complain they have done this for over 100 years.
Indeed, but they will complain, that is why they announced for more missiles from Germany to be send to Ukraine?