The Russian troops must leave Venezuela if their goal is to support President Nicolas Maduro, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo told Reuters.

The FM said he hoped that Russia would recognize that supporting president Nicolás Maduro would only aggravate the collapse of the Venezuelan economy and society and that the only way out of the crisis was to hold elections under an interim government led by opposition leader Juan Guaido.

On March 27, US President Donald Trump said that Russia must get out of Venezuela. According to the US President, “all options are open” in order to achieve this goal. Around 100 Russian troops touched down in Caracas on Saturday, a show of support for President Nicolas Maduro’s government. The move caused consternation in Washington, however, with Vice President Mike Pence calling the deployment an “unnecessary provocation.”