U.S. concerned by Venezuela arms deals.
LONDON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. military commander has expressed concerns over Venezuela's arms procurement programme, theFinancial Times reports.
General Bantz Craddock, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Southern Command, said he was worried about the end-destination of around100,000 Kalashnikov rifles which are reported to be heading for Venezuela."We are wondering what is the intent here," Craddock was quoted as saying on Monday.
"If it is for sovereign defence, obviously eachnation can do their own... If it is to export instability, that is a different situation.""We are concerned about that and we would like that not to happen," he added.
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