Key Highlights
- The US troops have taken Maduro and his wife to New York.
- Venezuela declared a national emergency after the US action.
- In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Monday, it said” it is important that the United Nations and its organs such as the UN Security Council be seized of the matter and work towards a peaceful resolution taking into consideration the safety, well-being and the sovereign rights of the Venezuelan people”.
- It added that Sri Lanka emphasises the need to respect principles of international law and the UN Charter, such as the prohibition of the use of force, non-intervention, peaceful settlement of international disputes and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states.
- The government statement followed a reaction issued earlier by the ruling NPP’s dominant block the JVP.
