{"id":168997,"date":"2025-12-19T21:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168997\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-foreign-minister-cheers-up-venezuelan-counterpart","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168997\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian foreign minister cheers up Venezuelan counterpart amid tension in Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

December 19,<\/strong> Pozirk<\/em>.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d had a phone call with his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil Pinto at Caracas\u2019s initiative, the Belarusian foreign ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ry\u017eankou emphasized \u201cthe inadmissibility and futility\u201d of \u201cany aggressive actions or escalation with regard to Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gil reportedly informed the Belarusian foreign minister about the situation in the Caribbean. He said that Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro was grateful to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka for his support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The call came days after the Belarusian strongman called for a peaceful resolution of all issues between Washington and Caracas in an interview with Newsmax<\/em> journalist Greta Van Susteren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWar will lead nowhere. . . I spoke to John Coale about this. I told him this would be a second Vietnam. Do you need that? You don\u2019t. So, there is no need to wage war there. It\u2019s possible to reach an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe that in the near future we will have the chance to speak on this topic with Donald Trump. I have many interesting things to tell him,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked if Belarus was prepared to host Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, he said Maduro had \u201cnever been our enemy or adversary\u201d and that Belarus would welcome him if he sought refuge, yet noted that no such discussions had taken place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maduro faces mounting pressure from Washington amid a US military buildup in the Caribbean and strikes on small Venezuelan vessels accused of shipping drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US President Donald Trump had said he had not ruled out deploying ground forces to the South American country. Washington accused the Venezuelan ruler of involvement in drug trafficking, an allegation he denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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