Indian foreign minister expresses concern for Venezuela's citizens

India’s Foreign Minister on Tuesday (January 6) said he was concerend for safety of the people of Venezuela, following U.S strikes and the subsequent capture of the country's leader Nicolas Maduro.

"We would really urge all the parties involved to now sit down and sort of come to a position which is in the interest of the well-being and safety of the people of Venezuela because at the end of the day, that is our concern that we would want Venezuela as a country, with whom over many many years, we have had very good relations", said Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

Jaishankar was talking to reporters in Luxembourg after holding talks with officials in the European country.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Venezuela on Saturday (January 3), arrest its president and temporarily run the country marks a striking departure for a politician who long criticized others for overreaching on foreign affairs and vowed to avoid foreign entanglements.

The overnight attack on Venezuela was his most aggressive foreign military action yet, striking the capital Caracas and other parts of the country and capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife to face drug-trafficking charges in New York.

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