Russia continues to protect the dictatorship: veto to the US draft resolution on Venezuela at the UN

Russia announced Thursday that will veto the draft UN resolution on Venezuela to the UN which proposes to initiate a political process that would lead the country of Latin America to a presidential election.

"Today, the United States is trying to take revenge on the Security Council platform. A draft resolution on Venezuela will be put to the vote. There is nothing new there. The same mixture of demagoguery, recurrent accusations and ultimatum"Maria Zajárova, spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, said at a press conference.Russia can not support such a project"

For its part, Russia will present an alternative resolution that according to the agency Interfax, argues that Venezuelans must be the ones who solve the crisis in their country through a peaceful political process based on the Montevideo mechanism, which is engaged in dialogue and negotiation and has been activated through the intermediary of Uruguay, Mexico and the Caribbean Community (Caricom) .

In addition, the document considers Inadmissible both external interference in Venezuela and threats of use of force against the country.

With regard to humanitarian aid, the Russian project stresses that any transaction must be agreed in advance with the government of Nicolás Maduro.

According to the Russian press, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, held consultations Thursday in Geneva on the Russian resolution with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Vershinin.

This issue will also be discussed Friday by the Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, who will meet in Moscow the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov.

It will be the highest visit to Russia by a member of the Nicolás Maduro government since Venezuelan Parliament Speaker Juan Guaidó declared himself acting president of the country in January.

Lavrov, who is on a trip to China, on Wednesday denounced the "foolhardy" attempts to create "artificial pretexts" for military intervention in Venezuela, among other things, as part of a humanitarian operation.

"It is no coincidence that the Brazilian authorities, for example, have already declared that they will not participate and will not surrender their territory to the Americans for aggression against Venezuela."How did he.

Guaidó denied Tuesday that Maduro has the "wide folderfrom the Kremlin in an interview with the Russian opposition newspaper Nóvaya Gazeta.

"There was no new credit or major investment. Simply, public statements. I do not see broad support, "he said.

From the beginning, Russian President Vladimir Putin supported his Venezuelan colleague in what he called a "destructive interference" of the United States and pleaded for a dialogue to resolve the crisis.

(With EFE information)