AFP, Washington :
The United States and Russia clashed Friday over how to assist crisis-wracked Venezuela, with Moscow pledging new relief channelled through president Nicolas Maduro and Washington slapping sanctions over the blocking of US aid it tried to push through the border.
A day after Russia and China vetoed a US and European resolution at the UN Security Council that called for unimpeded aid deliveries, Washington said it was targeting six Venezuelan military officers for stopping last weekend’s US-led convoy.
Four people were killed in the melee as Maduro’s forces prevented the 178 metric tonnes of rice, beans and other food from crossing into the country from Colombia.
The United States and Russia clashed Friday over how to assist crisis-wracked Venezuela, with Moscow pledging new relief channelled through president Nicolas Maduro and Washington slapping sanctions over the blocking of US aid it tried to push through the border.
A day after Russia and China vetoed a US and European resolution at the UN Security Council that called for unimpeded aid deliveries, Washington said it was targeting six Venezuelan military officers for stopping last weekend’s US-led convoy.
Four people were killed in the melee as Maduro’s forces prevented the 178 metric tonnes of rice, beans and other food from crossing into the country from Colombia.
