Russia says plane in Venezuela carried rotation of military specialists - TASS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the Russian air force plane that landed in Venezuela this week was carrying a rotation of military specialists but that their number in the country had not increased, TASS news agency reported.

The plane landed on Monday in Venezuela's main airport, according to a Reuters witness and a website that tracks plane movements, three months after a similar arrival exacerbated tensions between Washington and Moscow.

(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Toby Chopra)