MOSCOW, January 3. /TASS/. The US military operation in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of its leader Nicolas Maduro has generally caused condemnation from the international community.
In the statements of the leaders and foreign ministries of several countries, Washington's action is characterized as aggression and an attempt to change power in the country, which are fraught with unpredictable consequences for the whole world.
TASS has compiled the key international reactions to the incident.
The situation in Venezuela has shown that "any state needs to strengthen its armed forces as much as possible, not allowing various rich scoundrels to easily change the constitutional system in search of oil or something else," Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, told reporters.
Medvedev referred to "a tough military operation in an independent country that did not threaten the United States in any way" and "the capture of a legally elected president and his wife by special forces."
