The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, expressed this Tuesday his “strong support” for Russian President Vladimir Putin during a phone call six days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin told reporters.
“Nicolás Maduro expressed his strong support for Russia’s key actions, condemning the destabilizing activity of the United States and NATO, and emphasizing the importance of combating the campaign of lies and disinformation launched by Western countries,” indicates the statement from the Russian office after the call made by “initiative of the Venezuelan side.”
Putin, meanwhile, “shared his vision of the situation with respect to Ukraine, stressing that the objectives of the special military operation were to protect the civilian population from Donbass”, pro-Russian separatist territories in eastern Ukraineas well as “such as Russian sovereignty over Crimea, the demilitarization and denazification of the Ukrainian state and the guarantee of its neutral and non-nuclear status”.
On the eve of the Russian military onslaught against Ukraine, Maduro expressed his support for the Russian government, a key ally of his administration torpedoed by US sanctions who seek to force him out of power by considering that his re-election in 2018 was “fraudulent”.
The Russian-Venezuelan relationship dates back to the time of the late president Hugo Chavezwho backed Russia during blitzkrieg with Georgia in August 2008 for control of South Ossetia. After the conflict, Moscow recognized the independence of this province and that of Abkhazia, another pro-Russian separatist Georgian region.
Chávez (1999-2013) also bought Russian weapons and military equipment for hundreds of millions of dollars in the midst of an oil boom that ended in 2014.
“Venezuela announces its full support for President Vladimir Putin in the defense of peace in Russia, in defense of peace in that region, in the brave defense, All the support for Russia!” Maduro said. after receiving last february 16 Russian deputy prime minister, Yuri Borisov, in Caracas.
Weeks ago, already with the tension installed on the border with Ukraine, the Russian Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigú, showed an eventual military deployment in Venezuela and Cuba, something that was never made official.
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, expressed this Tuesday his “strong support” for Russian President Vladimir Putin during a phone call six days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin told reporters.
“Nicolás Maduro expressed his strong support for Russia’s key actions, condemning the destabilizing activity of the United States and NATO, and emphasizing the importance of combating the campaign of lies and disinformation launched by Western countries,” indicates the statement from the Russian office after the call made by “initiative of the Venezuelan side.”
Putin, meanwhile, “shared his vision of the situation with respect to Ukraine, stressing that the objectives of the special military operation were to protect the civilian population from Donbass”, pro-Russian separatist territories in eastern Ukraineas well as “such as Russian sovereignty over Crimea, the demilitarization and denazification of the Ukrainian state and the guarantee of its neutral and non-nuclear status.”
On the eve of the Russian military onslaught against Ukraine, Maduro expressed his support for the Russian government, a key ally of his administration torpedoed by US sanctions who seek to force him out of power by considering that his re-election in 2018 was “fraudulent”.
The Russian-Venezuelan relationship dates back to the time of the late president Hugo Chavezwho backed Russia during blitzkrieg with Georgia in August 2008 for control of South Ossetia. After the conflict, Moscow recognized the independence of this province and that of Abkhazia, another pro-Russian separatist Georgian region.
Chávez (1999-2013) also bought Russian weapons and military equipment for hundreds of millions of dollars in the midst of an oil boom that ended in 2014.
“Venezuela announces its full support for President Vladimir Putin in the defense of peace in Russia, in defense of peace in that region, in the brave defense, All the support for Russia!” Maduro said. after receiving last february 16 Russian deputy prime minister, Yuri Borisov, in Caracas.
Weeks ago, already with the tension installed on the border with Ukraine, the Russian Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigú, showed an eventual military deployment in Venezuela and Cuba, something that was never made official.
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