Maduro Says Russia To Supply Several Tonnes Of Medicines To Venezuela Next Week

CARACAS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st March, 2019) Russia will begin medicine supplies to Venezuela the next week, bringing several tonnes of the pharmaceutical products to the South American country, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said.

"The Russian authorities have announced that the next week, several tonnes of various medicines and pharmaceutical substances will be delivered. This will be held regularly. Week after week," Maduro said during an event devoted to the relaunch of a Venezuelan national program to develop the pharmaceutical industry.

Maduro noted that Venezuela covered 70 percent of its own demand for medicines, noting that he expected Venezuela's key partners, Belarus, China, Iran, Russia and Turkey, to help the country by supplying necessary medicines to it.

"We are connected by the relations of a powerful alliance," Maduro said.

The president's speech was aired by his Periscope channel.

Russia delivered medicines to Venezuela earlier this year amid the political and economic crisis that hit the country.

Maduro has said that such deliveries helped develop Venezuela's system of imports, noting that the country was living "in the conditions of the blockade and persecution from the imperialistic government of the United States in terms of finances and economy."