""The legal assessment of the US operation is complex," "in principle, the relations between states must be conducted in accordance with the principles of international law.""
""The US has violated the prohibition of the use of force under international law, as guaranteed in Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter. According to this, states must respect each other's political independence and territorial sovereignty.""
""But for that, Venezuela would have to have launched an 'armed attack' against the US, which was not the case. Drug trafficking does not justify using force.""
US special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and brought them to New York to be tried for alleged "drug terrorism." The Trump administration frames the operation as a law-enforcement action rather than a military attack. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz described the legal assessment of the operation as complex and emphasized that inter-state relations must follow international law, suggesting legal doubts. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul demanded that the United States explain the legal basis for the intervention. International law expert Christoph Safferling concluded that the operation violated the UN prohibition on the use of force and cannot be justified by drug trafficking.
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