Washington Should Drop Its Policy of Dividing Venezuela’s Military: Maria Zakharova

• 06.05.2019, 20:37
•  EEU,  America,  World

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Russia is calling upon the United States to drop the destructive policy of splitting the Venezuelan armed forces, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing on Wednesday.

"We are calling for an end to actions aimed at splitting Venezuela’s armed forces. This institution of the state must safeguard the constitutional system, and not participate in internal political processes," Zakharova said.

She pointed out that Washington was systematically trying to identify hesitant military servicemen.

"This work is focused mostly on Venezuela’s generals. US officials have been directly urging officers to desert and break the oath," Zakharova stated.

She warned that such military-political adventures by Washington and its allies around the world invariably caused disasters.

"We all know what it has brought about. We know what price the people, ordinary citizens had to pay for the failed government coup attempts or the successful ones that resulted in real catastrophes in a number of regions," she recalled, according to TASS.