Situation In Venezuela Result Of US Meddling In Caracas' Internal Affairs - Tehran

Fakhir Rizvi Published January 24, 2019 | 02:21 PM

Tehran believes that recent events in Venezuela are the result of US interfering in the country's domestic affairs and hopes for peaceful settlement of Venezuela's political contradictions, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Bahram Qassemi, said Thursday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th January, 2019) Tehran believes that recent events in Venezuela are the result of US interfering in the country's domestic affairs and hopes for peaceful settlement of Venezuela's political contradictions, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Bahram Qassemi, said Thursday.

"Iran opposes any interference into the internal affairs of Venezuela, as well as illegal and unconstitutional steps, such as an attempted coup, and supports the government and people of this country," the spokesman said in a statement, adding that the US "openly interference" in Venezuela's domestic affairs was to blame for the crisis.

The ministry also expressed hope that Venezuela's internal political contradictions could be resolved peacefully as soon as possible with the help of legitimate levers and peacefully.