Venezuela announces increase in flights to Moscow
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Venezuela's tourism minister on Thursday said the country willincreasestate airlineflightsto its allyMoscow, as many countries around the world, led by the United States and Europe, block Russian planes from their airspace.
President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine last week provoked a battery of sanctions from the United States and its allies, including airspace being closed to Russian-flaggedflights.
"Venezuelais ready to continue receiving Russian tourists," Minister Ali Padron tweeted on Thursday, after a phone call with the head of the Russian Federal Tourism Agency.
They agreed "to guarantee the continuity of regularflightsthrough the Venezuelan airline Conviasa andincreaseconnectivity," he wrote.
Russian tourism toVenezuelasoared in May 2021 when the two countries opened a direct route betweenMoscowand Caracas.
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Moscowhas been a key ally ofVenezuelasince the government of the late president Hugo Chavez.
Chavez's successor Nicolas Maduro has expressed support for Putin in the past week, calling actions taken againstMoscow"crimes" and "madness", although he advocated for peace negotiations with Ukraine to continue.