International Desk, Bangladesh Global: On Tuesday's emergency meeting of the Security Council, Russia and China criticized the United States for its military and economic pressure on Venezuela, telling the UN Security Council it is an unlawful intimidation.
The emergency council meeting was summoned by the request of Venezuela, with the backing of Moscow and Beijing. Accusing the US, the Venezuelan Ambassador to the UN stated, "Washington is committing the greatest extortion known in our history." "We are in the presence of a power that acts outside of international law, demanding that Venezuelans vacate our country and hand it over.", he added.
The United States has deployed a major military force in the Caribbean and has recently intercepted oil tankers as part of a naval blockade against Venezuelan vessels it considers to be under sanction. At the meeting, US Ambassador Mike Waltz responded to the criticism by saying "The United States will do everything in its power to protect our hemisphere, our borders, and the American people." President Donald Trump has accused Venezuela of using oil, the country's main resource to finance "narcoterrorism, human trafficking, murders, and kidnappings." The US government has also offered a $50 million reward for any information leading to the arrest of Maduro, a key ally of Vladimir Putin.
Venezuela has denied any involvement in drug trafficking and maintains that the US is seeking to overthrow its president, Nicolas Maduro in order to seize Venezuelan oil reserves, the largest in the world.
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