MOSCOW (Sputnik): Russian servicemen are in Venezuela legally, they are
helping to carry out maintenance of previously supplied Russian military
equipment, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said commenting on the recent call on
Russia by US President Donald Trump to leave Venezuela.
“We have explained what our servicemen are doing in Venezuela,
providing, on an absolutely legitimate and legal basis, the maintenance of
military equipment, which we have delivered in accordance with an
intergovernmental agreement ratified by the Venezuelan parliament and
absolutely in line with the Venezuelan constitution,” Lavrov said in the
“Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” program aired by Rossiya-1 television.
A group of Russian military personnel arrived in the Venezuelan capital …read more
Source: The Frontier Post