Putin supports Maduro in the face of American pressure.. Is tension rising?
The Kremlin announced on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin renewed his support for Venezuela during a phone call with President Nicholas Maduro, in the midst of tension between Caracas and Washington after the United States confiscated an oil tanker off the coast of the country.
The Kremlin statement after the call said: "Vladimir Putin expressed his solidarity with the Venezuelan people and affirmed his support for the Maduro government’s policy aimed at protecting national interests and sovereignty in the face of increasing external pressures."
The two leaders affirmed their mutual commitment to implementing joint Russian-Venezuelan projects, especially in the economic, energy and trade sectors.
The rapprochement between Moscow and Caracas
In May, Maduro, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, announced further rapprochement between Moscow and Caracas by signing a cooperation treaty.
The US government is escalating its economic and military measures to increase pressure on the socialist Venezuelan president.
Trump said in an interview. Finally with a website "POLITICO" Electronic News: Maduro’s days are numbered.
Washington has deployed military forces on a large scale in the Caribbean since the summer, but the confiscation of the oil tanker is a precedent in this crisis, at a time when fuel constitutes the main source of Venezuela’s revenues.
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