Tehran decries ‘destabilizing activities’ in Caribbean
Venezuela urges UNSC emergency session over US actions
Iran’s Foreign Ministry in a statement on Friday condemned the US destabilizing activities in the Caribbean and Latin American regions, describing them as a "clear violation" of the principles of the United Nations Charter and fundamental rules of international law.
The statement came after a series of US strikes on boats in the Caribbean, including at least three originating from Venezuela, that have killed more than 20 people since September.
Esmaeil Baqaei, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, slammed the US military actions as “provocative and destabilizing,” warning against the repercussions of Washington's "increased acts of lawlessness and aggressive unilateralism" on global peace and stability.
He condemned the US military attacks on fishing boats in the region and the threat of resorting to force against Venezuela's national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Such actions are a "clear violation" of the principles of the United Nations Charter and fundamental rules of international law, he added.
According to the statement, the Iranian spokesperson called on the Security Council and the UN chief to immediately heed the “dangerous” situation arising from the “US insistence on illegal intervention in the internal affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela as an independent member state of the United Nations.” In a letter to the UN Security Council on Thursday, Venezuela’s government requested an emergency session focused on the US military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country.
So far, the US military has carried out four deadly strikes in the Caribbean since it increased its maritime forces for what President Donald Trump has declared an “armed conflict” with drug cartels.