JAKARTA - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares stressed that no decisions regarding Venezuela's future could be imposed from abroad, because Venezuelans have the right to determine their own future.
"Decisions cannot be imposed from outside, especially with violence. We want the decision to be made by the Venezuelan people themselves," Albares said in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais, reported by Sputnik, Wednesday, January 14.
"The decision must really be a Venezuelan decision and can only be made through broad dialogue between the government and the opposition," he added.
"Every solution to the problem in Venezuela must be carried out democratically," the foreign minister added.
"We cannot allow civil strife in Venezuela, the absence of an effective government, or the destabilization of the entire region," he said.
On January 3, the US launched a massive attack on Venezuela, arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and bringing them to New York.
US President Donald Trump announced that Maduro and Flores would be tried for allegedly being involved in "narcoterrorism" and posing a threat, including to the US.
During their appearance in a New York court, Maduro and Flores pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In connection with the US operation, Caracas requested an emergency meeting of the UN, and the Supreme Court of Venezuela temporarily assigned the responsibilities of the head of state to Vice President Delcy Rodriguez.
On January 5, Rodriguez officially took office as acting president of Venezuela and took the oath of office before the National Assembly.
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