Russia On Tuesday he criticized the confiscation of the president’s official plane Venezuela, Nicolas Maduroby USA and demanded the return of “what was stolen” Caracas.
“We stand in solidarity with our Bolivarian friends in their legitimate demands to return what was stolen from the Venezuelan State”the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
According to Moscow, the excesses of Washington’s sanctions policy “know no bounds.”
“Once again, a total disregard for international legal norms has been demonstrated,” the official statement added.
The Foreign Ministry said that by seizing the plane, the US had sent “another signal” that it could take over the sovereign property of other countries.
On Monday, Maduro’s official plane was confiscated in Dominican Republic and taken to Florida in the context of the sanctions applied to Caracas by the US government, arguing that it was “illegally purchased” for 13 million dollars.
According to the US Attorney General, Merrick B. Garlandin late 2022 and early 2023, individuals affiliated with Maduro allegedly used a shell company based in the Caribbean to conceal their involvement in the illegal purchase of the aircraft from a company based in the Southern District of Florida. EFE (I)
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