BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) does not yet want to legally assess the US attack on Venezuela. “The legal classification of the US operation is complex. We are taking our time to do this,” he said. In principle, the principles of international law should apply in dealings between states. “No political instability must now arise in Venezuela. It is important to ensure an orderly transition to a government legitimized by elections.”
Merz went on to say that Nicolás Maduro had led his country to ruin. “The last election was fraudulent. That’s why we – like many other countries in the world – did not recognize the presidency,” the Chancellor continued. “Maduro played a problematic role in the region, with ill-fated alliances worldwide and through Venezuela’s involvement in the drug trade.”
On Saturday night, the USA captured President Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in a military attack on Venezuela and took them out of the country. They are to be tried in New York on charges including “drug terrorism”./bg/DP/he