Russia Government in a statement, has condemned the United States airstrike in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife who were flown out of the country.
According to Foreign Affairs Ministry revealed that there is deep concern and condemnation, solidarity with the people of Venezuela and that’s all the support Russia is prepared to provide.
Full statement below:
“This morning, the United States carried out an act of armed aggression against Venezuela. This causes deep concern and condemnation.
The pretexts cited to justify such actions are unfounded. Ideologized hostility has prevailed over practical pragmatism and over a willingness to build relations based on trust and predictability.
In the current situation, it is crucial above all to prevent further escalation and to focus on finding a way out through dialogue.
We proceed from the understanding that all parties who may have claims against one another should seek solutions through dialogue-based approaches. We are ready to support them in this.
Latin America must remain a zone of peace, as it declared itself in 2014. Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to determine its own destiny without any destructive, especially military, interference from outside.
We reaffirm our solidarity with the Venezuelan people and our support for the course of its Bolivarian leadership aimed at defending the country’s national interests and sovereignty.
We support the statements by the Venezuelan authorities and the leadership of Latin American countries calling for the urgent convening of a meeting of the UN Security Council.
The Russian Embassy in Caracas is operating as normal, taking the situation into account, and maintains constant contact with Venezuelan authorities and Russian citizens currently in Venezuela. At present, there is no information about any Russian citizens being injured”.
Report has it that President Donald Trump said the United States has “captured” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country following what he described as “large-scale” military strikes.
Earlier, the Venezuela’s government accused the United States of attacking civilian and military installations across several states, strongly rejecting what it called U.S. “military aggression.”
In response to the strikes, authorities in Venezuela declared a nationwide state of emergency as tensions sharply escalated.
