“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,” said a Kremlin statement. following a call between the Venezuelan president and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, made at the “initiative of the Venezuelan side.”
During the conversation, Putin shared with Maduro his vision of the development of events around Ukraine and emphasized that the Russian objective is to protect the civilian population of Donbas and achieve recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics by Kiev. , adds the note, as well as from the Crimean peninsula. Both presidents also discussed issues of bilateral strategic association and the implementation of joint projects and agreed to continue contacts at different levels, the statement concludes.
On the eve of the Russian military onslaught once morest Ukraine, Maduro has already expressed his support for the Russian government, a key ally of his administration torpedoed by US sanctions that seek to force him out of power, considering that his re-election in 2018 was “fraudulent.”
lgc (afp / efe)
