Johnson Met Secretly with Venezuela's Maduro to Discuss Ukraine Weapons Supply
• Boris Johnson met with Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro in February 2024 during a secret trip to the country that lasted less than 24 hours • The meeting was to discuss Venezuela potentially supplying weapons to Russia for the war in Ukraine and normalizing UK-Venezuela relations • The trip occurred while Johnson was on a private Caribbean holiday, traveling by private jet • Johnson emphasized that Venezuela needs to embrace democracy and stop threatening its neighbors before ties with the UK can normalize • The visit came at no cost to the UK taxpayer or the Venezuelan government