Foreign Ministers of Russia and US to meet to discuss Venezuela crisis

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will discuss the political-institutional crisis in Venezuela with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Finland next week in Finland, reported Thursday AFP.

The rain of accusations of interference in the Caribbean country from both powers has intensified in recent days after the insurgency led by the leader of the opposition, Juan Guaidó.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said the US and Russian positions on Venezuela "they are incompatible"your government is ready to continue the dialogue with Washington.

"We've agreed follow contacts on Venezuela, but I do not see how the postures can be compatible. On the one hand, ours, which are based on the status of the UN and the principles of international law, and on the other, those of the United States, "he explained.

After the White House asked the Kremlin not to intervene in the situation of the Caribbean country, Lavrov called the situation "utterly unreal". It is that Moscow also accuses Washington of interference in the internal affairs of Venezuela.

In fact, Mr. Lavrov said that his country was seeking to bring a group of countries to the United Nations to to thwart a possible military intervention United States to Venezuela (a measure that the US government does not exclude, according to the president of this country, Donald Trump).

Moreover, the Russian Foreign Minister denied that his country convinced Nicolás Maduro not to resign in the midst of "Operation Libertad", as Guaidó called to overthrow Chavez's leader.

Tuesday, as the military uprising stagnated, Pompeo surprised everyone by stating that Maduro was ready to leave his country for Havana in the morning, but that Russia has deterred him from leaving. Moscow and the Venezuelan president have denied this information.

Threats against Maduro

On Wednesday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a warning against the chavist leader: "If military action is necessary, we will do it ".

For his part, Senator Rick Scott of Florida, a state with a large community of Venezuelan origin, urged Trump to mobilize the Armed Forces to bring "humanitarian aid" to the country of South America by force.

Republican MP Jim Banks, who is very active in military affairs, said the United States should consider naval deployment and terrestrial with the aim of "not provoking violently, but to warn firmly".