The EU called for “restraint” and respect for international law in Venezuela on Saturday after President Donald Trump announced US forces had captured leader Nicolas Maduro in a large-scale assault.<\/p>\n
“The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr. Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition,” the bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas wrote on X after speaking with her US counterpart Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n
“Under all circumstances, the principles of international law and the UN Charter must be respected. We call for restraint,” she wrote.<\/p>\n
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday in a note she was “closely monitoring the \u2060situation in Venezuela”, also with an aim “to gathering information about our \u2060fellow citizens” in the country.<\/p>\n
Meloni added she was in constant contact with Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.<\/p>\n
Around 160,000 \u2060Italians currently live in Venezuela, most of them with dual citizenship.<\/p>\n
Trump said earlier that US forces had captured Maduro and flown him and his wife out of the country.<\/p>\n
The Venezuelan government decried what it termed a “extremely serious military aggression” by Washington and declared a state of emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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