On Thursday US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged NATO leaders to confront the "Emerging threats" posed by the Russian and Chinese militaries across the globe, but especially in Venezuela.
"We must adapt our alliance to confront emerging threats whether that's Russian aggression, uncontrolled migration, cyberattacks, threats to energy security, Chinese strategic competition, including technology and 5G, and many other issues," Pompeo said.
Though he more specifically linked Russia with the Venezuela crisis in comments to reporters, China remained a talking point as part of the discussion throughout.
According to remarks made after the meeting to reporters, Reuters noted, "Pompeo said NATO members had agreed Russian troops needed to withdraw from Venezuela, where they were deployed in support of President Nicolas Maduro, who is under pressure from a coalition of more than 50 countries, including the United States, to step down."
Russia described its forces in Venezuela as "Specialists" who are servicing existing contracts related to defense procurement, and which is perfectly legal according to prior agreements between two sovereign countries.
"The Chinese government's position on the Venezuela issue is consistent and clear-cut," Shuang added, noting that China opposes "External interference in Venezuela's internal affairs, and believe the country's government and opposition need to seek a political solution through peaceful dialogue."
Last week the White House had warned all foreign troops and countries "External to the Western Hemisphere" to keep their forces out of Venezuela.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-05/pompeo-urges-nato-confront-emerging-threats-russia-and-china-venezuela
"We must adapt our alliance to confront emerging threats whether that's Russian aggression, uncontrolled migration, cyberattacks, threats to energy security, Chinese strategic competition, including technology and 5G, and many other issues," Pompeo said.
Though he more specifically linked Russia with the Venezuela crisis in comments to reporters, China remained a talking point as part of the discussion throughout.
According to remarks made after the meeting to reporters, Reuters noted, "Pompeo said NATO members had agreed Russian troops needed to withdraw from Venezuela, where they were deployed in support of President Nicolas Maduro, who is under pressure from a coalition of more than 50 countries, including the United States, to step down."
Russia described its forces in Venezuela as "Specialists" who are servicing existing contracts related to defense procurement, and which is perfectly legal according to prior agreements between two sovereign countries.
"The Chinese government's position on the Venezuela issue is consistent and clear-cut," Shuang added, noting that China opposes "External interference in Venezuela's internal affairs, and believe the country's government and opposition need to seek a political solution through peaceful dialogue."
Last week the White House had warned all foreign troops and countries "External to the Western Hemisphere" to keep their forces out of Venezuela.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-05/pompeo-urges-nato-confront-emerging-threats-russia-and-china-venezuela
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