“I thank the US government and Donald Trump for not publicly evaluating our free and sovereign decision (to provide asylum to Morales. - RT ),” RIA Novosti quotes RIA Novosti.
On November 10, the entire top leadership of Bolivia resigned amid protests in the country.
Morales later stated that Mexico agreed to grant him political asylum.
On November 12, a plane with Morales landed in Mexico City.
Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Ryabkov announced that Russia has supported Mexico’s decision to grant political asylum to the ex-president of Bolivia.