Pompeo to speak with Lavrov on Venezuela

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to speak with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov amid tensions over the political situation in Venezuela, White House national security adviser John Bolton says.

Pompeo on Tuesday accused Russia of intervening when Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was prepared to leave the country in the face of a call for an uprising by opposition leader Juan Guaido.

Bolton said in interviews with CNN and Fox News that Pompeo planned to speak with Lavrov on Wednesday.