FM Arreaza stressed that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is irrevocably free and independent and will maintain military cooperation with its allies in the world, to strengthen the methods of protection of the Venezuelan people and territory against any external aggression. In the same way, he denounced that the only tensions on Venezuela have been those that the US government has generated through threats with the use of force, “the criminal economic blockade and the direct leadership that Washington has assumed in the failed process of Coup”.Vaya cinismo que un país como EEUU, con más de 800 bases militares en el mundo, buena parte de ellas en América Latina, y un presupuesto militar creciente de más de $700 millardos, pretenda interferir en los programas de cooperación técnica – militar entre Rusia y Venezuela.
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) March 25, 2019
The US Secretary of State called on Russia to “cease its unconstructive behavior” and asserted that Washington “will not stand aside, as Russia exacerbates tensions in Venezuela”. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Russian Federation have consolidated a strategic alliance of bilateral cooperation, which has crystallized with the signing of a series of agreements in different spheres, including military.El señor @SecPompeo bien sabe que las únicas tensiones sobre Venezuela, son las que su gobierno ha generado a través de las amenazas con el uso de la fuerza, el bloqueo económico criminal y la jefatura directa que Washington ha asumido en el proceso fracasado de Golpe de Estado
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) March 25, 2019