US special envoy warns Turkey to halt its support for Venezuela’s Maduro

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US special envoy warns Turkey to halt its support for Venezuela’s Maduro
By TM -  March 29, 2019


President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro (L) after holding a joint press conference following the inter-delegation meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on October 06, 2017. Okan Ozer / Anadolu Agency

Turkey is failing to heed US requests to halt its support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Latin American nation has warned, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

Elliott Abrams told reporters on Thursday that the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish president, was “strongly supporting the Maduro regime” and that US officials had “not had the cooperation from Turkey that we want.”

Washington has been increasing its economic pressure on the Maduro government, issuing sanctions against its key financial supporters and cutting off the flow of foreign currency to state-owned oil company PDVSA.

Read more at: https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/03/29/us-special-envoy-warns-turkey-to-halt-its-support-for-venezuelas-maduro/