This was during the briefing, said US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams, reports TASS.

“I would just say that we have options for action. For Russians, it would be a mistake to think that they have complete freedom of action here. They do not possess it ... There are things that we can do in terms of the economy, in terms of sanctions, ”he said.

Earlier in the White House, countries outside the Western Hemisphere were warned against "deploying military forces in Venezuela."

As stated by US President Donald Trump, the Russian military must leave Venezuela.

In the Kremlin, commenting on Trump’s words, they noted that they did not believe that Moscow’s bilateral relations “should be disturbed by third countries.

As emphasized in the Russian Foreign Ministry, the finding of Russian specialists in Venezuela is governed by the agreement on the PTS.