Venezuelan-level betrayal should not be expected in Cuba —Vasily Nebenzya, Russia's UN envoy

 Top officials in Venezuela betrayed President Nicolas Maduro, a repeat of which the United States should not expect in Cuba, Russia’s Permanent Representative at the UN Vasily Nebenzya said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

"In Venezuela, a betrayal undoubtedly took place and they talk openly about that. Some higher-ups essentially betrayed the president," he pointed out. "In Cuba, things won’t play out that way," Nebenzya said.

In this regard, Nebenzya noted that recent US statements on Cuba largely remain "just rhetoric for now."

"Because doing in Cuba what they did in Venezuela would be no walk in the park," the Russian permanent representative to the UN said.