«President Nicolas Maduro holds bilateral meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,» the Minister of Communication and Information, Delcy Rodriguez, through his Twitter account, @ DrodriguezMinci.
The two heads of state attended a meeting Wednesday that occurred in the Brazilian capital, among the leaders of the countries of the BRIC bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) .
During the meeting, Putin stressed «the leading role« of the late President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela building-Russia relations and also approved a new credit line to Venezuela.