(Reuters) -Russia remains in constant contact with Venezuela over tensions in the Caribbean, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

“We have constant working contacts with Venezuela,” TASS news agency quoted Peskov as telling reporters at a briefing n response to questions about whether Moscow was extending help to Caracas.

Tass said Peskov declined to give any further details about the nature of the contacts.

Peskov, quoted by TASS, said last weekend that Russia wanted the situation between Venezuela and the United States to remain calm and to ensure no new conflicts broke out in the region.

The Russian foreign ministry at the weekend denounced “excessive military force” by the United States in the Caribbean Sea and reaffirmed its support for Venezuela’s lead

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