China's President Xi Jinping (L) and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shake hands during a signing ceremony in Caracas July 21, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
SCMP: China won’t interfere in Venezuela despite controversy over President Maduro’s election win
Beijing says it is confident Caracas can resolve any disputes relating to the poll, but falls short of congratulating leader on his re-election.
China said on Monday it would not interfere in Venezuela’s domestic affairs and trusted the South American country to resolve any problems it faced following President Nicolas Maduro’s controversial re-election on Sunday in a poll that was boycotted by millions.
Despite the upbeat tone of Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang, Beijing has yet to issue its congratulations to Maduro, while some Chinese living in Venezuela described the president’s win as a disaster for the oil-rich country.
Lu said China hoped Venezuela could sort out any disputes relating to the election within the framework of the law, “if there are any disputes”, and that it would decide whether to send a note of congratulations “according to diplomatic protocols”.
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WNU Editor: Off-hand the only countries that have congratulated Maduro are Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia, Turkey, and Iran. I am not sure about Russia, but I do know that Moscow is like Beijing .... they are owed tens of billions by the Venezuelan government, and contrary to its many promises Venezuela is failing to meet its payments.This is not the action of a friendly ally.
