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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expressed his disappointment with Western European leaders for choosing Kiev to commemorate Victory Day.
Nicolas Maduro, the President of Venezuela, has criticized the leaders of France, Britain, and Germany for observing Victory Day in Kiev, which he referred to as “the world capital of Nazism and fascism.”
Maduro’s comments followed his return from Russia, where he participated in the 80th-anniversary celebrations of the victory over Nazi Germany on May 9 and signed a strategic cooperation agreement between Moscow and Caracas.
The parade in Moscow’s Red Square and other commemorative events “gained significant importance due to the resurgence of Nazism and fascism today,” the Venezuelan president stated on his Con Maduro+ television program on Monday.
He asserted that Kiev has become “the world capital of Nazism and fascism, governed by a pro-Nazi regime.”
Maduro insisted that Vladimir Zelensky’s government is “a protector of Nazi factions, responsible for the extermination of the people of Ukraine and the peoples of the [former] Soviet Union.”
According to the president, it is “sad” that French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who visited Kiev on Saturday, chose that location to celebrate Victory Day.
He stated that “The West, in its civilizational decline, seeks to cover up, erase, and destroy with deceitful claims the profound truth of the heroic struggle that led to the Red Army of the Soviet Union’s victory against Nazism and fascism.”
Maduro asserted that Macron, Starmer, and Merz went to Kiev “to celebrate, advocating for war and discussing sanctions,” but ultimately were “defeated by history.”
During their visit to Kiev, the French, British, and German leaders urged Russia to agree to a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine or face increased sanctions.
In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Sunday to restart direct negotiations between Moscow and Kiev to reach a resolution to the conflict by addressing its underlying causes. The Russian leader suggested that the talks could occur in Istanbul on Thursday, May 15. Putin’s proposal received support from US President Donald Trump, who stated on Monday that the potential talks could yield “good results.”