Venezuelan president, top Russian diplomat overlap in Turkey

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro were in Ankara on the same day.
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro (L) attend a joint press conference after their meeting in Ankara on June 8, 2022. - ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images
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Andrew Wilks
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ISTANBUL — Two world figures under Western sanctions were guests at the same building in Ankara on Wednesday. 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro both arrived at Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s presidential palace within hours of each other but, according to Maduro, they did not meet. 

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