Venezuela's Maduro says Putin has helped us on all fronts - Russia's Sputnik

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends a meeting with members of the Venezuelan diplomatic corp after their arrival from the United States, at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2019. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had given Venezuela support on all fronts and that Caracas was grateful, Russia's Sputnik news agency reported.

"Putin is giving us support on all levels and we have received it with much pleasure and gratitude," Maduro was quoted as saying.

(Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Paul Tait)