Russia supports Venezuela’s attempts to avert further clashes in country - Russian FM

Russia supports the Venezuelan government’s attempts to avert the spread of the confrontations that have overflowed the country since February as people have been opposing the current government, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, said during the meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart. “We support the Venezuelan government’s attempts, aimed to avert the spread of conflrontations in the country,” Lavrov stated. Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Elias Jaua thanked the Russian opposite number for “the support of peace in the country, considering the fact that there are those who deny the will of the majority of the Venezuelan people”.

Elias Jaua also added that Venezuela and Russia had a range of agreements, including the economical ones.

“We intend to improve our relations that began to develop under Chavez and continue to develop under Maduro,” Jaua said.

Before the meeting, Lavrov took part in the conference of the UN Human Rights Council that was held in Geneva.