Press Release on Russian-Venezuelan Consultations on Biological Security
8 August 2025 21:14
1311-08-08-2025
On August, 7 in Caracas the Russian-Venezuelan consultations on biological security in an inter-agency format took place. The Russian delegation was headed by Konstantin Vorontsov, Deputy Director of the Department for Nonprolefiration and Arms. Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and the Venezuelan delegation was headed by Olga Alvarez, the head of the Legal Division of the Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela.
An exchange of biological security threat assessments in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as in the world was carried out. Particular attention was paid to the military and biological activities of the United States outside its national territory that violate the provisions of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC). The issues of developing bilateral cooperation in the field of biosecurity and strengthening of the BTWC regime were discussed.
The meeting confirmed the unity of approaches of Russia and Venezuela to the biological security. The Sides noted the need for further close coordination both in bilateral format and at relevant multilateral fora, primarily within the framework of the BTWC and the UN.
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