Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia during a Security Council meeting called on member states to unblock Venezuela’s assets and respect the Latin American country’s borders and sovereignty.
“It is necessary to provide opportunities and unblock opportunities for Caracas to carry out payments for the delivery of food and medicine,” Nebenzia said on Tuesday.
Nebenzia added the United States and the United Kingdom have recently stolen $30 billion from Venezuela in oil and assets.
In January, Washington blocked assets belonging to Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA, and prohibited all deals with the energy giant. The UK government is believed to have frozen access to Venezuela’s gold reserves.
Earlier on Tuesday, US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said the United States is preparing more sanctions against Caracas and will announce them this week and next week.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the Trump administration of using sanctions to illegally seize Venezuelan companies and assets in a bid to overthrow his government.
Russia calls for unblocking Venezuela’s assets, respecting its sovereignty, Nebenzia
