Belarus  Lukashenko: Maduro is welcome to move to Belarus, but no such discussions have been held

 


Dec 16 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is welcome ⁠to come to ⁠Belarus should he leave office, but ‍no such discussions had been held with Maduro, according to quotes from an interview with U.S. channel Newsmax posted on Monday by a Telegram channel linked to Lukashenko's administration.

Tensions are ;high between the U.S. ‍and Venezuelan governments, with a ‍large-scale U.S. military buildup in the southern Caribbean, U.S. strikes on alleged drug ⁠trafficking boats and comments from ‍U.S. ​President Donald Trump that land operations may begin soon in Venezuela.

The Venezuelan government ;has said ⁠the U.S. ‍is seeking regime change to take ‍over the country's vast ;oil ‍reserves.



(Reporting by ​Felix Light; Editing by Chris Reese)