Russia's UN ambassador says Moscow is "very much concerned that some hotheads may be considering a military action against Venezuela."
Vassily Nebenzia told reporters at UN headquarters in New York on Thursday that this "would be a very bad development."
Nebenzia says that even those Latin American countries supporting Venezuela's opposition against President Nicolas Maduro "are categorically against any military action and intervention into Venezuela."
He also says humanitarian aid for struggling Venezuelans that is being shipped to Venezuela's borders is being used "as a tool in the political game." He calls it a provocation that may "lead to something much worse than that."
Nebenzia says Maduro's socialist government can always ask the United Nations for humanitarian aid.
