Russia Ready to ‘Cooperate Closely’ with New Venezuelan Parliament
Moscow considers as important the strengthening of interparliamentary contacts between the Federal Assembly of Russia and the newly elected Venezuelan Parliament.
âThose who try to plunge the country into chaos by means of terrorist attacks and bloodshed hinder dialogued solutions to the crisis, by betting on an ever-deepening split in Venezuelan society,” said the Russian Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Maria Zakharova during a press conference this Wednesday. “We are convinced that this path has no future.”
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The Russian support comes on the same day that the European Union re-evaluated its approach towards Venezuelan opposition leader Juan GuaidĂł, whom it called “former deputy” and alsoâwith criticismâconsidered the National Assembly led by GuaidĂł as exhausted, despite ongoing attempts by Washington and GuaidĂł himself to keep it alive.
The EU reiteratedâin a renewed violation of the United Nations Charterâits rejection of Venezuela’s December 6 parliamentary elections, because “they did not comply with international standards for a credible process,” without providing further details. The EU also claimed that “there was a lack of political pluralism,” in contradiction of the reality that many opposition parties participated in the December parliamentary elections, and only the faction paid and supported by Washington opted to boycott the elections.
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