NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday said India will make an appropriate response to worsening situation in Venezuela, stressing that national interest and diplomatic sensitivities must guide any such decision.
“As far as the situation in Venezuela is concerned, I believe it is best left to the government to decide how to respond in India’s national interest, given the sensitivities of the countries involved, ” Tharoor said, reacting to recent developments involving Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s capturing by the US forces.
The former diplomat used the occasion to offer a broader critique of global geopolitics, arguing that the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter have been repeatedly undermined. “As a general principle, it is clear that international law and the UN Charter have been more often violated than upheld over the past quarter-century, ” he said.