“The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr. Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition,” Kallas said in a post on X on Saturday.
“Under all circumstances, the principles of international law and the U.N. Charter must be respected. We call for restraint,” she said.
Kallas said she had spoken with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the EU’s ambassador in Caracas.
Rubio told several U.S. lawmakers that Maduro and his wife had been “arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States.” In a post on X, Bondi said “two alleged international narco traffickers” will face justice under an indictment in the Southern District of New York.
When asked to react to the Venezuela operation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy laughed cheekily. “Well, if you can do this to dictators, the U.S. knows who can be next,” Zelenskyy told journalists in Kyiv on Saturday evening.
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola cheered the removal of Maduro.
