Venezuelan president asks Putin for navy help, WP studies

Towards the backdrop of a US navy build-up within the Caribbean, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has appealed to Russia, China and Iran for navy help.

Supply: The Washington Publish, citing inner US authorities paperwork

Particulars: Maduro's requests to Moscow had been set out in a letter that was to be delivered to Russian ruler Vladimir Putin by a "senior aide".

The paperwork additionally state that Maduro wrote to Chinese language President Xi Jinping, requesting "expanded navy cooperation" between the 2 nations to counter "the escalation between the US and Venezuela".

The paperwork additional reveal that Transport Minister Ramón Celestino Velásquez just lately coordinated the supply of navy gear and drones from Iran and was planning a go to to the nation.

He instructed an Iranian official that Venezuela wanted "passive detection gear", "GPS scramblers" and "virtually definitely drones with 1,000 km vary", in line with the paperwork.

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