Maduro to oversee implementation of agreements on cooperation with Russia - Deputy PM Rogozin

CARACAS, December 7. /TASS/. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is planning to personally monitor the implementation of the agreements reached within the Russian-Venezuelan High-Level Commission, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told reporters following bilateral meeting with Venezuela’s leader. "President Maduro decided to personally oversee all the agreements, which have been reached during this meeting," he said. "He asked all ministers to brief him on the implementation of the agreements that have been reached on a weekly basis." Maduro received Rogozin at a military base near the city of Valencia where Simon Bolivar’s army began its liberation campaign in 1819. According to Rogozin, during the meeting the two sides raised the issues related to political cooperation. "Venezuela has traditionally supported Russia’s stance on Syria, Ukraine and, naturally, on Crimea. We support Venezuela’s stance, which is committed to independence and pursues its own policy," Rogozin noted. In accordance with diplomatic traditions, the parties exchanged gifts. Maduro presented Rogozin a sculpture of Bolivar’s army soldier made of clay. The Russian deputy prime minister presented the Venezuelan leader a replica of Yuri Gagarin’s navigation watch the world’s first cosmonaut wore during his historic spaceflight. Read more