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Erdoğan backs Venezuelan leader's election victory

Turkish, Venezuelan leaders speak over phone, agree to continue bilateral cooperation

Ersin Çelik
10:48 - 23/05/2018 Wednesday
Update: 10:50 - 23/05/2018 Wednesday
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spoken with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro over the phone
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spoken with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro over the phone

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spoken with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro over the phone and congratulated him over his presidential election victory, according to Turkish presidential sources.

The phone call was made late Tuesday.

Erdogan and Maduro also reiterated their determination to strengthen bilateral cooperation.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro won a second term in office last Sunday.

Maduro first took office in 2013 after his predecessor Hugo Chavez died and is set to govern Venezuela for another six-year term, from January 2019 to 2025.

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