Russian abroad Minister Sergei Lawrow © Sputnik / Sergey Guneev
The US attack on Venezuela at the beginning of this month, resulting in president Nicolas Maduro being kidnapped, was a gross violation of global law, said Russian abroad Minister Sergei Lavrow on Wednesday.
Speaking at a press conference following a gathering with the abroad Minister of Namibia Selma Ashipal-Musavai, Jurov stated that Moscow's assessment of US operations in Caracas remains unchanged.
He added that this condemnation was shared by the firm ‘global majority’, including the Global South and East countries.
"Only Western Europeans and another Washington allies effort shamefully to avoid these trivial assessments, although everyone understands that we are talking about a gross violation of global law" said the Minister for abroad Affairs.
Speaking on the UN safety Council last week, Russian envoy Vasily Nebenzia called the kidnapping Maduro "a cynical crime that cannot be justified".
Chinese envoy Sun Lei besides condemned the United States, claiming that military intervention in Venezuela threatens peace and safety in the region.
The US Army launched an attack on this oil-rich country on January 3, kidnapping Maduro and his wife.
They were transported to an American warship and then transported by plane to fresh York City, where they were brought to trial last week for conspiracy to trade drugs.
They both didn't plead guilty.
After the kidnapping, U.S. president Donald Trump said Washington would “rule” Venezuela, working with officials in Caracas, until the transformation took place.
He stressed that the United States needed "full access... to oil and another goods in your country".
A fewer days later Trump announced that Venezuela's temporary authorities ‘transmit’ from 30 to 50 million barrels “sanctioned oil’, which will be sold and "used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States".
Acting president of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez, a close ally of Maduro, stated that neither the United States nor any other ‘foreign agent’ He won't control Venezuela.
Rodriguez signaled openness to ‘cooperation’ with the United States, but promised that her country "never become a colony of another empire again."
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/russia/630958-lavrov-us-venezuela-violation/
