Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodriguez has expressed gratitude for Türkiye’s support on Tuesday following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul.
“It was an honour to hold a cordial working meeting with the President of the Republic of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, where we discussed joint cooperation in energy, transportation, mining, air connectivity, science and technology, industry, electricity, and trade,” Rodriguez wrote on X.
She said she expressed to President Erdogan Venezuela’s gratitude for his "friendship" and noted that the two countries agreed to convene the V. Joint Cooperation Commission in November to "further" strengthen ties.
Rodriguez became acting president in January after a US military raid abducted former President Nicolas Maduro.
The Turkish leader reaffirmed that Ankara will always stand by the friendly people of Venezuela in the meeting on Monday.
Türkiye's diplomatic ties with Venezuela date to 1950, making it one of the very first nations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region with which Ankara formally established relations.
