MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. Any US military operation against Venezuela will only escalate the situation, not resolve the existing issues, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing.
Commenting on reports in the US media that the US administration has at least three plans to conduct a military operation against Venezuela and forcibly change the government in that country, she noted that the Russian side has repeatedly stated that "any escalation only leads to even greater problems."
"There are different tactics, different ways of doing things, but it's clear that what a number of American observers, experts, and figures in various structures are saying is that this kind of direct aggression will worsen the situation rather than resolve the issues that have every potential to be resolved legally and diplomatically within the legal framework," she emphasized.
Zakharova also noted that history contains numerous examples of the United States claiming it is "on the verge of resolving a conflict or combating a manifestation of global evil through force."
"The situations in the Middle East and North Africa demonstrate that this approach, relying on force without an international legal mandate or authorization, only exacerbates problems both in the region itself and in the United States," she concluded.
