(MENAFN- AzerNews) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro visited the Russian Navy's
training ship Perekop which took part in a naval parade to mark the
200th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Maracaibo, the Russian
charge d'affaires in Venezuela, Eduard Sokolov, Azernews reports,
citing TASS.
"President Maduro, accompanied by Venezuelan Defense Minister
Vladimir Padrino Lopez together with the General Staff, the chiefs
of all branches of the armed services and Caracas Mayor Carmen
Melendez, visited our ship," said the Russian diplomat who took
part in festive events on Lake Maracaibo.
At the solemn formation on the deck of the ship, the anthems of
Russia and Venezuela were performed. Addressing the Russian cadets,
Maduro emphasized that "Venezuela and Russia will always be
together," according to Sokolov. "They made a tour of the ship. The
[Venezuelan] president visited the classrooms and talked to the
officers and cadets," the Russian diplomat said.
The Perekop with cadets of the St. Petersburg Naval Institute,
the Admiral Nakhimov Higher Naval School and the Naval Polytechnic
Institute on board traversed from Kronshtadt to Cuba and arrived at
Lake Maracaibo to participate in the parade.
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