Venezuela Deputy Foreign Minister Rules Out Popular Uprising In Country

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Venezuela Deputy Foreign Minister Rules Out Popular Uprising in Country

Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister Yvan Gil ruled out on Friday the possibility of either a military coup or a popular uprising in the crisis-hit country

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd February, 2019) Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister Yvan Gil ruled out on Friday the possibility of either a military coup or a popular uprising in the crisis-hit country.

"We can assure our strategic partners here in Russia that there is neither a possibility of a military coup, nor of a popular uprising in Venezuela, because most of the population understands what is happening and is mobilized to support the legitimate government," Gil said at a Moscow meeting with lawmaker Konstantin Kosachev, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee at Russia's upper house of parliament.

Gil added, though, that there was always the risk of external interference that could "wreak havoc."