【Latest News: Rubio Wishes Lavrov a "Merry Christmas" in Advance】
On December 19, 2025, Washington time, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio answered questions from Russian state news agency's correspondent in the United States during his annual press conference:
If he saw it, Merry Christmas, Sergey (Lavrov)!
Rubio emphasized:
The United States is not worried about possible escalation of tensions with Russia over the situation in Venezuela. They (the Maduro government) have always expected Russia to provide verbal support for the Maduro regime.
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