Overview
- Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Maduro signed a strategic partnership treaty in Moscow, emphasizing energy, arms control, and multilateral cooperation.
- The agreement includes joint initiatives within OPEC+ and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum to stabilize global energy markets and prevent unfair competition.
- Russia and Venezuela will collaborate on exploring and developing new oil and gas fields, while expanding oil trading operations.
- The treaty outlines closer coordination at the United Nations and joint opposition to unilateral sanctions imposed by Western nations.
- This is the latest in a series of strategic alliances Russia has established since 2022, following similar agreements with China, North Korea, and Iran.