Situation on the border between Colombia and Venezuela . File photo MEXICO, Feb. 4 Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López tweeted that the words of the head of the Colombian Ministry of Defense, who allegedly «interference» between Russia and Iran in the situation on the Venezuelan-Colombian border, were inappropriate. «Colombia, the country that the oligarchy of Bogotá has turned into an appendage of the Southern Command (USA — ed.) in our America, into the headquarters of US military bases, into the object of the mediocre «Plan Colombia», into a global partner of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), condemns interference in the affairs of Venezuela. Oh my God!» Padrino Lopez wrote. Colombian Defense Minister Diego Molano on Thursday claimed that the mobilization of Venezuelan forces in the border area where Colombian organized crime groups are clashing is allegedly taking place with the technical support of Iran and Russia. According to media reports, Molano called it «foreign interference.» Russian Ambassador to Venezuela Sergei Melik-Bagdasarov previously told RIA Novosti that cooperation between Moscow and Caracas in the military-technical sphere is limited by the laws of Venezuela and its international obligations, noting the stabilizing effect of this cooperation in the region .
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