{"id":52207,"date":"2019-03-28T00:13:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T00:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/28\/russian-troop-deployment-to-venezuela-fully-legitimate-dismisses-us-demands-of-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:37:35","slug":"russian-troop-deployment-to-venezuela-fully-legitimate-dismisses-us-demands-of-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/03\/28\/russian-troop-deployment-to-venezuela-fully-legitimate-dismisses-us-demands-of-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian troop deployment to Venezuela \u2018fully legitimate,\u2019 official dismisses US demands for withdrawal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 Russia has scoffed at the U.S. demand to withdraw its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/03\/25\/pompeo-says-russian-troops-in-venezuela-increases-tensions\/\" target=_blank>military personnel from Venezuela<\/a>, saying that their presence in the country is fully legitimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement late Tuesday that the presence of Russian military personnel in Venezuela is &#8220;in strict accordance&#8221; with the Venezuelan constitution and a bilateral agreement on military cooperation. She said that it doesn&#8217;t require any approval by Venezuela&#8217;s opposition-controlled National Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zakharova did not say how many Russia military experts have gone to Venezuela, but news reports indicated that two Russian planes delivered about 100 servicemen and 35 tons of cargo to Venezuela over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/03\/07\/us-envoy-dismisses-military-action-in-venezuela-during-prank-call\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1097942794.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US envoy dismisses military action in Venezuela during prank call<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. envoy for Venezuela dismissed the possibility of American military action in the South American country in a recording made by two Russian pranksters and released Wednesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, Zakharova lashed out at the U.S. call on Russia to withdraw its military personnel, saying that U.S. President Donald Trump should first honor his own pledge last fall to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Some liken the U.S. to an elephant in a china shop, but those animals behave delicately and reasonably,&#8221; Zakharova said. &#8220;It acts on the international arena more like a cowboy in the Louvre Museum.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and several dozen other nations have cast their support behind opposition leader Juan Guaido and recognized him as interim president, asserting that Maduro&#8217;s re-election last year was illegitimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia and China, which invested heavily in Venezuelan oil industries, have staunchly backed Maduro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rift over Venezuela has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/03\/19\/us-russia-divided-on-venezuela-after-talks-as-moscow-warns-against-military-intervention\/\" target=_blank>further strained Russia-U.S. ties<\/a>, which have plunged to post-Cold War lows over the conflict in Ukraine, the war in Syria and Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking 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