UN / RUSSIA VENEZUELA

Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy said that efforts to revoke the credentials of Venezuela’s representative to the United Nations, and to recognize interim president Juan Guaidó are “an outrageous attempt to impose on an independent country a will of another country” and a “blunt attempt of coup d’état.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:34
• Production Date: 11 April 2019
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: DONALD J. TRUMP; MIKE PENCE; NICOLÁS MADURO MOROS
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA
• MAMS Id: 2379208
• Parent Id: 2379208
• Alternate Title: unifeed190411d

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STORY: UN / RUSSIA VENEZUELA
TRT: 02:34
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 11 APRIL 2019, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

11 APRIL 2019, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy at the dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dmitry Polyanskiy, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations:
“This is such an outrageous attempt to impose on an independent country a will of another country and attempts to mobilize regional and other support for these actions. That, it’s very difficult to site any example in history of such a blunt attempt of coup d’état that is happening right now.”
4. Wide shot, Polyanskiy at the dais
SOUNDBITE (English) Dmitry Polyanskiy, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations:
“Mr. Moncada is a legal representative of Venezuela, he has all the credentials. He was appointed according to the practice that is common in the United Nations, and we have absolutely no reason to behave vis-à-vis him in this way claiming that he is not a legal representative of his country and his government.”
5. Wide shot, Polyanskiy at the dais
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Dmitry Polyanskiy, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations:
“We don’t see any reasons to curb our relations with Venezuela at this stage, especially when this country needs assistance, all kinds of assistance, so a lot of countries, including this one, are shouting at every corner that Venezuela needs assistance, but we are actually the ones who are really rendering this assistance.”
7. Wide shot, Polyanskiy at the dais
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Dmitry Polyanskiy, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations:
“Those who want to help, really help Venezuela, they have all the possibilities to do so. It’s not that Venezuela is crating obstacles in this regard. No, the kind is that the United States do not want to help this country in this way. They want to make a problem out of this. They want to kind of show that the current government is absolutely incapable of dealing with this aid. That allegedly this government will steal the whole aid and will not give it to the people. That’s the picture that they want to create in public opinion which is totally false picture.”
9. Wide shot, Polyanskiy at the dais
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Dmitry Polyanskiy, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations:
“If I were in the shoes of the Americans I would think twice really, maybe even three times before proceeding with such a move. Of course, it was announced yesterday by Vice President, but it was not clear, he mentioned simply resolution, I don’t know, maybe he means Security Council resolution, who knows. You can expect everything from Americans. Or maybe it will be President Trump’s resolution sent to the Security Council for approval.”
11. Wide shot, Polyanskiy walks away

Storyline

Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy today (11 Apr) said that efforts to revoke the credentials of Venezuela’s representative to the United Nations, and to recognize interim president Juan Guaidó are “an outrageous attempt to impose on an independent country a will of another country” and a “blunt attempt of coup d’état.”

Polyanskiy said Samuel Moncada “is a legal representative of Venezuela, he has all the credentials. He was appointed according to the practice that is common in the United Nations, and we have absolutely no reason to behave vis-à-vis him in this way claiming that he is not a legal representative of his country and his government.”

Asked about the arrival of Russian military planes and personnel in Venezuela, he said “we don’t see any reasons to curb our relations with Venezuela at this stage, especially when this country needs assistance, all kinds of assistance, so a lot of countries, including this one, are shouting at every corner that Venezuela needs assistance, but we are actually the ones who are really rendering this assistance.”

Those who want to help Venezuela, the Russian diplomat said, “they have all the possibilities to do so.”

He added that “the United States do not want to help this country in this way. They want to make a problem out of this. They want to kind of show that the current government is absolutely incapable of dealing with this aid. That allegedly this government will steal the whole aid and will not give it to the people. That’s the picture that they want to create in public opinion which is totally false picture.”

Asked about whether he expected these efforts to succeed at the United Nations, Polyanskiy said, “if I were in the shoes of the Americans I would think twice really, maybe even three times before proceeding with such a move.”

On the nature of the announcement made by US Vice President Mike Pence at the Security Council, he said, “it was not clear, he mentioned simply resolution, I don’t know, maybe he means Security Council resolution, who knows. You can expect everything from Americans. Or maybe it will be President Trump’s resolution sent to the Security Council for approval.”