“No matter how much some governments want to lead us to conflict, to war, this will not happen. In Latin America, we have above all the spirit of deep peace among nations, ”he told RIA Novosti.
According to the minister, clashes and attempts to attract mercenaries and paramilitaries are not excluded, but “clashes between peoples” are impossible.
Earlier, the head of the Venezuelan Defense Ministry, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, said that what is happening in the country is a coup d'état.
Nikita Danyuk, Deputy Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, told about options for the development of events in Venezuela.