[Regnum] Russia condemned US military provocations in the Caribbean, carried out under the pretext of combating drug trafficking. This was stated by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Saturday, November 1.
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"We strongly condemn the use of excessive military force in counter-narcotics missions. <…> We reaffirm our firm support for the Venezuelan leadership in defending its national sovereignty," the Russian Foreign Ministry press service quoted the diplomat as saying.
She also recalled that the actions of the American side violate both US domestic law, in particular Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, and generally recognized norms of international law.
On October 29, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the buildup of US military presence in Venezuela, stated that the republic is sovereign and everything that happens there must comply with the spirit of international law.
On October 19, The New York Post reported that US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of elite US special forces to a region near Venezuela. The authors of the article believe that the US special forces were sent to the Venezuelan coast to increase pressure on the administration of President Nicolás Maduro