The dictator of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, claimed this Thursday (10) in Algiers, capital of Algeria, the vision that his country shares with its Algerian ally to the construction of a “multipolar world” in order to move away from the international influence of the United States.
“We have extensively discussed all issues of world geopolitics and the relations between our two countries and I can say that they are two stories of heroic struggle. We have a common vision for a new world of peace and cooperation,” Maduro told Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Maduro announced the creation of a “mixed commission” to draw up an “economic, energy, commercial and cultural map” in order to relaunch relations at a “higher level”.
For his part, Tebboune explained that he discussed bilateral cooperation with Maduro and ways to strengthen economic cooperation. He also announced the opening “of an airline to unite the two capitals, within two months”.
Second stop
The dictator arrived on the fourth evening to Algiers, from Turkey, for a two-day “work and friendship visit” as part of his international trip, and highlighted how his country managed to “regain stability” and “sustainable growth”. through the construction of a “productive economy with new riches”.
“Venezuela went through very difficult years in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, victim of imperial aggression against our society, our state and our people. It was a brutal economic war against the oil industry , against the currency, and the oil and economic sector,” he said, during a joint press conference with Tebboune, at the presidential palace in Algiers.
Maduro said that his country has lived through four difficult years in reference to economic sanctions. imposed by the United States.
A V enezuela was forced to adopt “a war economy of resistance and advance step by step towards a process of recovery of the real economy and economic diversification”, he defended.
Common Geopolitics
Maduro and Tebboune also addressed the issue of Palestine, the situation in neighboring Libya and the need for elections, in addition to the issue of Western Sahara, involving Spain and Algeria.
Maduro expressed “his country’s admiration for Algeria’s firm position in defending the rights of the Saharawi people” and said that the whole world must react to protect historic rights.
Furthermore, he chose to increase the actions between the two Ministries of Foreign Affairs” to “denounce the crimes committed against children, women and men in Palestine”.