Maduro visit to Saudi Arabia is another signal to US
High-level meetings between Saudi Arabia and Venezuela demonstrate the kingdom’s next diplomatic wave seeking to balance between the traditional East versus West political blocs and gain greater freedom of movement on the global stage, according to Al-Monitor.
Maduro visit to Saudi Arabia is another signal to US
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Maduro visit to Saudi Arabia is another signal to US

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Eurasia 12/06/2023 06:00

High-level meetings between Saudi Arabia and Venezuela in Jeddah last week, including with the country's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, demonstrate the kingdom’s next diplomatic wave seeking to balance between the traditional East versus West political blocs and gain greater freedom of movement on the global stage, according to Al-Monitor's Salim A. Essaid.

According to the article, Maduro's visit is a signal to Washington that has imposed sanctions on the struggling Latin American country for more than 15 years. 

Maduro arrived in Jeddah early Monday, after visiting Turkey, along with a delegation that included First Lady Cilia Flores, Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Eduardo, Minister of Oil Pedro Rafael along with other key ministers, according to official statements. They met with the Saudi Crown Prince along with a number of ministerial counterparts, Al-Monitor recalled.

Last week's visit was the first for Maduro to the kingdom since 2015. Venezuela’s government is seeking commercial exchange with the kingdom to promote its Bolivarian Economic Agenda established in 2016 that aims to gain financial independence and bypass the effects of the US blockade, Vtv reported.

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