Rogozin: Russia will intervene to prevent external interference in the Affairs of Venezuela
Moscow will continue to obstruct the attempts of individual countries to interfere in the internal Affairs of Venezuela, said Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, co-Chairman of the Russian-Venezuelan intergovernmental Commission Dmitry Rogozin. "We support an independent policy of Venezuela. We will be tough to obstruct the attempts of interference from individual countries, "Rogozin said at a meeting of the intergovernmental Commission in the Russian capital, RIA" Novosti ". according to him, Russia does not agree with the position of individual countries, which emphasize its exclusivity on international arena." We Express our solidarity with the government and people of Venezuela in their efforts on their own to decide their fate, " - said Rogozin. As explained Deputy Prime Minister, Moscow is grateful to Caracas for a position on the Ukrainian crisis and the attempts to consolidate in this matter other Latin American countries. Rogozin also expressed gratitude to Venezuela for supporting the fundamental approaches of Russia to the events in Ukraine, "We congratulate the Venezuelan friends for their understanding and support of our fundamental approaches to the ongoing events in Ukraine, for your efforts on consolidating the positions of other friendly countries, and also at the UN," - said the Deputy head of the Cabinet. Rogozin has noticed that for its part, Moscow supports the early normalization of the political situation in Venezuela and expresses solidarity with the people of the country " in his quest for genuine sovereignty and independence ". He said that the story is also about upholding the law without any political and sanctions pressure from the outside on their own to decide their own fate ". Deputy Prime Minister added that the Russian side hopes to further comprehensive development of relations between the 2 countries, which will contribute to the objectives of socio-economic development. In this sense, According to Rogozin, in the last few years have been implemented and continue to carry out joint projects in oil & gas, power, metallurgical industry, agriculture and Finance. In April, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov said that Moscow supports the decision of the authorities of Venezuela to normalize the situation in the country amid arrogant decisions of the United States.