The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, Jose Manuel Albarez, reminded that the natural resources of Venezuela belong to the people of the Bolivarian Republic.
The diplomat reaffirmed the kingdom's readiness to contribute to the settlement of the situation. As the foreign minister added in an interview to RNE radio, Venezuela's natural resources "belong to the Venezuelan people". "Natural resources are part of the state's sovereignty," he noted.
He said that the US military operation sets "a very dangerous precedent for the rules-based world order".
On January 3, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil Pinto announced that the United States had attacked civilian and military targets in Caracas. He described Washington's actions as military aggression. A state of emergency has been declared in Venezuela.
US President Donald Trump later confirmed the strikes and announced the arrest and deportation of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife. They were brought to the United States and are being held in the Brooklyn Detention Center in the south of New York.
