“Amid the build-up of US military forces in the Caribbean, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has appealed to Russia, China and Iran for military assistance. Source: The Washington Post with reference to internal documents of the US government. Details: According to the newspaper, the requests to Moscow were expressed in the form of a letter that was to be delivered to Russian leader Vladimir Putin by a “high-ranking aide.” According to the documents, Maduro also wrote a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping asking for “expanding military cooperation” between the two countries to counter “escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela.” Transportation Secretary Ramon Celestino Velázquez also recently coordinated the shipment of military equipment and drones from Iran while planning a visit to the country, the documents said. He told an Iranian official that Venezuela needed “passive detection equipment,” “GPS scramblers” and “almost certainly drones with a range of 1,000 km,” the documents said.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Nicolas Maduro. Photo: Carlos Becerra/Getty Images Source: The Washington Post citing internal US government documents
Details: According to the publication, the requests to Moscow were expressed in the form of a letter that was to be delivered to the Russian leader Vladimir Putin by a “high-ranking aide”.
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According to the documents, Maduro also wrote a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping asking for “expanding military cooperation” between the two countries to counter “escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela.”
Transportation Secretary Ramon Celestino Velázquez also recently coordinated the shipment of military equipment and drones from Iran while planning a visit to the country, the documents said.
He told an Iranian official that Venezuela needed “passive detection equipment,” “GPS scramblers” and “almost certainly drones with a range of 1,000 km,” the documents said.