A state oil company PDVSA's logo is seen at a gas station in Caracas, Venezuela May 17, 2019. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA plans to open an office in Moscow this month, Interfax news agency cited Venezuela’s oil minister as saying on Thursday during a trip to the Russian city of St Petersburg.

Caracas said earlier this year that it was moving its Lisbon-based office to Moscow in order to safeguard the country’s assets.