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Columbia Not To Succumb To Venezuela's Provocations - Minister On Russia's Tu-160 Arrival
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published December 12, 2018 | 10:54 AM
Colombia will not let Venezuela make provocations with the assistance of Russia, which recently sent its aircraft to Caracas, Colombian Defense Minister Guillermo Botero said.
MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 12th December, 2018) Colombia will not let Venezuela make provocations with the assistance of Russia, which recently sent its aircraft to Caracas, Colombian Defense Minister Guillermo Botero said.
On Monday, two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers landed at Simon Bolivar International Airport in the Venezuelan capital. In addition, Russian An-124 military transport aircraft and Il-62 arrived at Caracas. It is expected that the Russian aircraft will conduct joint flights with the Venezuelan Air Force.
"Colombia is not a country-provocateur, it neither provokes its neighbors nor falls victim to provocations. [Columbia] does not let anyone intimidate itself," Botero told Columbia's W Radio.
On Tuesday, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said that the presence of Russian airplanes in the country posed no threat to other countries, adding that the joint flights with Russian aircraft were aimed at training Venezuela to protect itself against any aggression.
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