Russian Ambassador to Venezuela Sergei Melik-Bagdasarov said that Moscow’s strategic partnership with Venezuela “will continue in all areas,” following a meeting with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yva
n Gil Pinto. “Contacts between o
ur countries have not been interrupte
d for a minute, and the Venezuelan side has kept us informed of the situation following the brazen US military aggression, which resulted in the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros and his wife, Cilia Flores,” Melik-Bagdarosov told TASS. At the same time, Pinto stressed the “continuity” of cooperation with Moscow, adding that the strategic partnership agreement between the two countries entered into force last year. The Russian envoy noted that the United States attack on Venezuela involved the “execution” of around 100 people with “marked brutality.”
The U.S. has agreed to release two Russian crew members from the Marinera, a tanker seized in the North Atlantic, following a request from Russia. This decision was welcomed by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which expressed gratitude to the U.S. leadership for the release