The emphasis of 26 European couries on the right to self-determination of the Venezuelan people
In a joi stateme, 26 European Union couries and the head of the foreign action service of this bloc supported the peaceful transition to democracy under the leadership of the Venezuelan people with respect for the national sovereigy of the coury and said that the right of the Venezuelan people to determine their future should be respected.
According to RCO News Agency, 26 member states of the European Union called for calm and restrai on Sunday after the rece US military action against Venezuela and emphasized the need to respect iernational laws.
US Preside Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the coury’s military launched a massive attack against Venezuela and arrested the coury’s preside and his wife and transferred them to the United States for trial in a federal court.
The United States has accused Maduro of leading drug cartels. Washington has announced that Venezuela will be governed by American rules and using the financial and energy resources of this Latin American coury. “Delcy Rodríguez”, Maduro’s deputy, whose governme was not recognized by the United States, has been announced as the ierim preside.
According to reports, the US is optimistic about cooperating with Rodriguez because of the way he manages Venezuela’s oil resources, but has made relations with his governme conditional on his following US rules and reserving the right to take further military action against Venezuela if Washington’s ierests are not met.
Anatolia News agency reported: The European Union calls on all actors to maiain calm and restrai in order to preve the escalation of the crisis and ensure a peaceful solution to this crisis. The European Union reminds that the principles of iernational law and the United Nations Charter must be respected under all circumstances. This was stated in a joi stateme issued by Kaya Callas, the head of the European Union’s foreign policy.
This joi stateme, which was issued by Kaya Kalas, the head of the European Union’s external action service, and 26 member couries of this bloc except Hungary, emphasized the “special responsibility” of UN Security Council members in supporting the principles of iernational law as “one of the pillars of the iernational security structure”.
The stateme stated: The European Union has repeatedly declared that Nicolás Maduro lacks the legitimacy of a democratically elected preside and has supported a peaceful transition to democracy led by the Venezuelan people, respecting the coury’s national sovereigy. The right of the Venezuelan people to determine their future must be respected.
European couries emphasized the need to address and fight “transnational organized crime and drug trafficking” through coinuous cooperation “with full respect for iernational law and the principles of territorial iegrity and sovereigy”.
“We are in close coact with the United States and regional and iernational partners to facilitate and support dialogue with all parties involved and to achieve a negotiated, democratic, inclusive and peaceful solution to the crisis led by the Venezuelan people,” the stateme said.
These couries also emphasized respecting the desire of the Venezuelan people to “restore democracy and resolve the curre crisis.”
European couries also demanded the unconditional release of political prisoners.
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