Russia's Putin, Venezuela's Maduro to discuss oil prices - TASS

Reuters

Published Jan 14, 2015 07:39

Russia's Putin, Venezuela's Maduro to discuss oil prices - TASS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to discuss oil prices, TASS news agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Wednesday.

Oil prices - the cornerstone of both the Russian and Venezuelan economies - touched their lowest in nearly six years.

Peskov told TASS that Putin planned to meet Maduro on Thursday to discuss cooperation in various sectors, including in energy and banking.