RUSSIA and Venezuela held high level talks in Caracas on Tuesday in a show of political and economic independence between the two nations. 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil held a joint press conference in Caracas hours after the former arrived in the country in the second stop of a tour of four Latin American nations. 

Both men vowed continued support for each other’s country and condemned the economic sanctions Washington has imposed on them.