Two Russian military airplanes carrying about 100 Russian military personnel landed Saturday afternoon in Venezuela.
March 25 (UPI) — Two Russian military airplanes carrying 99 Russian military members landed in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, to take part in consultations with country officials on defense cooperation, a Russian news agency reported Monday.
Contracts related to the arrival of the planes Saturday were signed by the two countries years ago and there is „nothing mysterious,“ a diplomatic source told Sputnik. No other information was provided other than it was „a group of Russian military personnel.“
Sputnik also reported that on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had received a phone call from U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying https://sputniknews.com/world/201903251073524212-pompeo-venezuela-russia-tensions/ the U. S. „will not stand idly.“
„The continued insertion of Russian military personnel to support the illegitimate regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela risks prolonging the suffering of the Venezuelan people who overwhelmingly support interim President Juan Guaido,“ Pompeo had told Lavrov, according to the report.
