Russia on Thursday slammed foreign interference in Venezuela and denounced the opposition’s “usurpation of power”, calling President Nicolas Maduro the Latin American country’s legitimate leader. In a strongly-worded statement backing Maduro, the Russian foreign ministry warned that international support for opposition leader Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president Wednesday, ...
The French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that the EU-promised payment system to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran under US sanctions should be established in the coming days. Le Drian made the remarks on Wednesday, a day after it was reported a representative of Germany may become the head ...