“We hope that no action will be taken that could lead to the destabilization of the situation in the Caribbean and around Venezuela,” Peskov said at his usual meeting with the press.

Referring to the start by Washington of the so-called “Southern Lance Operation” and the increase in US naval forces near Venezuela, the spokesman commented that compliance with the rules of international law is currently in a pitiful state in many parts of the world.

“We expect everything to be done in accordance with international law,” said Peskov.

On the eve, US Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth announced a new operation against narco-terrorism in the western hemisphere called Southern Lance Opertion.

Washington launched a military campaign in the Caribbean on the pretext that it was fighting drug trafficking, so that since August it deployed three ships with four thousand soldiers in waters near Venezuela, Joined on Tuesday by the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford raising tension with Caracas.

Since September 2, about 20 attacks on vessels allegedly carrying drugs have been reported, in which more than 70 eole were killed.

The US accuses Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, of leading a drug cartel and offers a reward for information to capture him.

Maduro promulgated on Tuesday a defense law that establishes lines of action in the face of the threat of the American country and ordered the activation of the Integral Defense Commands throughout the country to be prepared in case armed struggle is necessary.

Venezuela’s National Assembly (unicameral parliament) approved hours earlier the law that establishes the strategic lines of action for the operation, planning, coordination and execution of the governing bodies for the defense of the country.

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