Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a news conference with his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde (not pictured) in Moscow, Russia, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday denounced U.S. foreign policy in Venezuela, criticizing U.S. "provocations" and attempts to create what he called a pretext for military intervention.
Lavrov's censure of Washington, on a low-profile visit to Mexico, came at an awkward time for the host nation. Mexico's government has been going out of its way avoid antagonizing the Trump administration, meeting its demands over immigration and other issues to avoid punitive U.S. measures.
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