June 16 (Reuters) - Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro, on Thursday announced that direct flights between Caracas and Doha, the capital of Qatar, will begin from October.

Maduro's tour of Qatar lasted two days and he is now in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, to discuss the two countries' "bilateral agenda," he said.

"We were reviewing the entire investment plan of Qatari businessmen in oil, gas, petrochemicals, tourism and food production," Maduro said of meetings in Qatar in a Venezuelan state television broadcast from Baku.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro meets with Qatari Foreign Minister H.E. Mr. Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi in Doha, Qatar, June 14, 2022. Miraflores Palace / Reuters