U.S. special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, told reporters Washington would impose more sanctions on ‘high-ranking members of the regime and their financial affairs’
The United States said on Tuesday it wants the United Nations Security Council to vote this week on a draft resolution calling for elections in Venezuela and the delivery of humanitarian aid, but the move is likely to be opposed by Russia and other states.
“I would not like to predict what the Russians are going to do. I think it would be shameful to veto a resolution that calls for more humanitarian aid,” Abrams told reporters. Nebenzia also questioned what other countries would have done if confronted with “an attempted illegal state border crossing for the delivery of unknown cargo.”
“Available information depicts a grim reality with the economy continuing to deteriorate, people dying of preventable causes and leaving the country in search of assistance,” she told the council.