Caracas, Dec. 7 -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, spoke by phone about global geopolitics and the military deployment in the Caribbean.
During the phone conversation, the Turkish president "expressed deep concern over the threats recently facing Venezuela, particularly the military deployment and various actions intended to disrupt peace and security in the Caribbean," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said in a statement.
The two leaders exchanged views on global geopolitics and the latest international developments affecting stability and the future of humanity, said the statement.
Maduro said the maneuvers in the Caribbean constitute an "illegal, disproportionate, unnecessary ...