"Venezuela's ambassador to the UN, Samuel Moncada, condemned the US operation as an illegitimate armed attack lacking any legal justification, in remarks echoed by Cuba, Colombia and permanent UNSC members Russia and China. [The US] imposes the application of its laws outside its own territory and far from its coasts, where it has no jurisdiction, using assaults and the appropriation of assets, Cuba's ambassador, Ernesto Soberon Guzman, said, adding that such measures negatively affected Cuba."
"Russia's ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said the US cannot proclaim itself as some kind of a supreme judge, which alone bears the right to invade any country, to label culprits, to hand down and to enforce punishments irrespective of notions of international law, sovereignty and non-intervention. Notable critics at the emergency session included traditional US allies, Mexico and Denmark, both of whom Trump has separately threatened with military action over the past year."
"Mexico's ambassador, Hector Vasconcelos, said that the council had an obligation to act decisively and without double standards towards the US, and it was for sovereign peoples to decide their destinies, according to a UN readout. His remarks come just days after Trump told reporters that something will have to be done about Mexico and its drug cartels, following Maduro's abduction."
UN Security Council members voiced that an alleged US operation to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife breaches international law and risks setting a precedent. The Venezuelan pair faced drug trafficking charges in a US federal court, prompting an emergency UNSC meeting in New York. Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, Russia and China condemned the operation as illegitimate and beyond US jurisdiction, citing violations of sovereignty and non-intervention. Traditional US allies Mexico and Denmark also criticized the action and urged the council to act decisively and without double standards.
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