Zakharova commented on the appointment of the US representative for Venezuela

She wrote about this in her Facebook.

“This is Washington’s attempt to introduce direct control of the political situation in Venezuela, which the American establishment regards as its future regional vassal,” Zakharova said.

According to the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the United States "restored" democracy "in Iraq and Libya, and in Syria they were not allowed to do this."

"Now Venezuela," she wrote.

Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that he had appointed ex-diplomat Elliott Abrams to the post of State Department representative on the situation in Venezuela.