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| China tells Trump to stay away from Venezuela's oil - and calls for Maduro's 'immediate release' | |
| 2026-01-05 | |
| [DM] China today urged Donald Trump to stay away from Venezuela's oil after the US said it would run the country following an operation to capture president Nicolas Maduro. Its call came as the captured Venezuelan leader was driven to a court in New York this morning after being indicted alongside his wife on charges of 'narco-terrorism'. The US president revealed American oil firms will 'go in and rebuild this system' as he signalled a plan to take control of huge and largely untapped reserves in Venezuela. But China, which has invested billions in Venezuela's oil industry, claimed agreements it has with Caracas over oil exports from the country would be 'protected by law'. China, an ally of Venezuela, also called for Mr Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores to be 'immediately released' in a strong condemnation of the operation over the weekend. China's foreign ministry said the move was a 'clear violation of international law, basic norms in international relations, and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter'. Officials in Beijing also called on Washington to 'cease efforts to subvert the Venezuelan government and resolve issues through dialogue and negotiation'. Just last Friday, Mr Maduro was at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas meeting Qiu Xiaoqi, special representative of the Chinese government on Latin American affairs. Meanwhile more than a dozen oil tankers loaded with Venezuelan crude and fuel were revealed to have fled the country in an attempt to evade American forces.
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