Tag: military assistance treaty

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Venezuela's Defense minister condemns opposition's plan to rejoin regional military assistance treaty

  

  The Venezuelan defense minister said that the Venezuelan Armed Forces condemn the Juan Guaido-led opposition's plans to re-join the Rio Treaty. Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty) is “an instrument of domination and interventionism that goes against independence and sovereignty of peoples.”