More Russian troops may arrive in Venezuela: Deputy foreign minister
Tehran (KNA) - Venezuela's Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Gil says he does not rule out the possibility of more Russian military personnel arriving in his country based on agreements already reached between Caracas and Moscow.
The senior diplomat made the comments on Thursday, days after Caracas confirmed the deployment of two Russian planes with troops and equipment to the Venezuelan capital under a defense deal signed in 2001.
Gil also said that Russian forces would stay in Venezuela as long as needed, and that there was no set period for their stay.
"The group of military specialists is (in Venezuela) in the context of our agreements and contracts for military-technical cooperation," Interfax news agency quoted Venezuela's deputy minister as saying.
On March 28, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian military specialists were in the South American country to service pre-existing contracts for the supply of Russian arms, stressing that Moscow was not interfering in Venezuela's domestic affairs.
Source: PressTV