The Russian president and his Brazilian counterpart reiterated that Venezuela\u2019s sovereignty must be protected<\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a phone call with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in which they discussed the situation in Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro was abducted by US forces earlier this month, the Kremlin has said.
\nAccording to a statement on Wednesday, Putin and Lula emphasized that \u201cRussia and Brazil shared fundamental stances as to ensuring the sovereignty and national interests\u201d of Venezuela following the US aggression against the oil-rich nation.
\nThe two presidents \u201cagreed to continue coordinating their efforts, including within the UN, as well as through BRICS, with the aim of de-escalating tensions in Latin America.\u201d Russia and Brazil are both among the founding members of the economic group.
\nPutin and Lula also discussed deepening bilateral relations ahead of the Russian-Brazilian High-Level Commission on Cooperation, scheduled to convene in February, the Kremlin said.
\nOn January 3, American commandos carried out a series of airstrikes on the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and several other regions of the country, while abducting Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. They were taken to a US warship and later flown to New York, where last week they appeared in court on drug-trafficking conspiracy charges. Both pleaded not guilty.
\nCommenting on the US raid, Lula wrote on X that Washington\u2019s actions had crossed an \u201cunacceptable line.\u201d He warned that the US military operation had set an \u201cextremely dangerous precedent for the entire international community.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The abduction of Maduro is a throwback to the \u201cworst moments of interference in the politics of Latin America and the Caribbean and threatens the preservation of the region as a zone of peace,\u201d he added.
\nRussia also reaffirmed its solidarity with Venezuela \u201cin the face of blatant neo-colonial threats and external armed aggression,\u201d and called for Maduro\u2019s immediate release from US custody.
\nAddressing an emergency session of the UN Security Council in early January, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia described Washington\u2019s actions in Venezuela as \u201cinternational banditry\u201d driven by a desire to gain \u201cunlimited control over natural resources.\u201d
\nSpeaking on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denounced the US attack on Venezuela as\u00a0a\u00a0\u201cflagrant violation of international law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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