Why Russia ended its participation in the crisis in Venezuela

Russian troops leave Venezuela. This was announced by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov, who ended Sunday his country's participation in the open crisis in the South American country, following the Self-proclamation of opposition leader Juan Guaidó as "president in charge" of Venezuela

Since the beginning of this episode of tension at the beginning of the year, Russia had sent troops for the military interview of the Venezuelan army teams and the opinion of President Nicolás Maduro, according to the Kremlin.

The presence of Russian soldiers in Venezuela exasperated the United States, which then demanded that the Putin government immediately withdraw from the Caribbean nation. Washington credits the agents of Russia and Cuba with the inability of the April 30 military uprising to overthrow the Maduro government.

Venezuela is plunged into a political crisis that worsened in January because of Maduro 's decision to start a second term that neither the opposition nor a large part of the international community recognizes. In response, Guaidó, the president of the opposition National Assembly, declared himself in charge of the country.

"Our task, as it has been mentioned in a moment, has ended," said Riabkov at a ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Office of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, convened by the International Labor Organization. Russian official news agency RIA Novosti.

"Now the tasks presented to the groups that have worked here have been resolved and if the situation becomes such that further efforts or improvements are needed, they will be implemented," said the diplomat.

In addition, he said that he had not mentioned the possible badistance of Russia in the restructuring of Venezuela's external debt: "On this occasion, the problem did not occur." not asked. "

With information from DPA