Venezuela’s Rodríguez Meets Turkey’s Leader, Discusses Trade (1)

(Updates with comments from Rodríguez in fifth bullet.)

• Venezuela acting President Delcy Rodríguez met with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to a statement by the Turkish government
• Rodríguez and Erdogan discussed “steps to be taken to achieve the target of a $3 billion trade volume”
• Countries are focused on advancing cooperation in trade, energy and mining
• In a separate statement, Venezuela information Ministry said Rodríguez meeting followed her five-day trip to India
• Rodríguez said they agreed to hold a cooperation meeting in November
  • “It has been an honor to hold a fraternal and cordial working meeting with Erdogan, ...