Russia hopes for U.S. pragmatic approach on Venezuela - MFA

Moscow hopes that the U.S. administration will demonstrate a pragmatic approach to the situation around Venezuela to avoid mistakes that will impact the entire region, director of the ministry’s Latin American department Alexander Shchetinin said, commenting on Trump’s statement on recognizing the Venezuelan authorities as a "terrorist organization."

"We hope that a pragmatic, sober approach to the situation, which have always been characteristic of the [U.S. President Donald] Trump administration will prevail in practical actions of the American administration. Such a pragmatic approach will make it possible to avoid situation that may be fraught with very serious consequences for the region, to avoid mistakes that will need to be corrected later. ," Alexander Shchetinin said.

He expressed hope that common sense will prevail and will proceed from this in their actions.

Earlier, Trump ordered to block all sanctioned tankers heading to and from Venezuela and wrote on his Truth Social platform that he had designated the Venezuelan authorities a "foreign terrorist organization."