CARACAS, November 8. /TASS/. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has handed over the invitation to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to visit Russia next year.

"We look forward to your visit to Russia in 2025 for the signing of the treaty on strategic partnership and cooperation" between the two countries, the senior Russian official told the Venezuelan leader at a reception at the Miraflores Palace.

Chernyshenko was in Caracas to take part in a regular meeting of the high-level intergovernmental commission.