Russia and Venezuela intend to sign about 20 deals in various areas of cooperation in April, said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, TASS reported. 

"In April, a high-level working session on intergovernmental cooperation between Russia and Venezuela will take place. We will sign over 20 documents on cooperation in economy, trade, culture, energy and education," he said in an interview to Russia’s Channel One.

According to Maduro, the cooperation with Russia “is mutually beneficial, and our relations will only get better with time," he said.

The leader of the opposition, the speaker of the Venezuelan parliament, Juan Guaidó, proclaimed himself the interim president of Venezuela. The US, a number of European and Latin American countries have recognized Guaidó as the president of Venezuela. Russia and China consider President Nicolas Maduro to be the legitimate president of the country.