“My colleagues and I condemn in the strongest terms Washington’s armed aggression against Venezuela and consider this an illegal attack on a sovereign state in violation of the regulations and principles of international law,” the statement notes.

The release states that the airstrikes, conducted not only against military targets but also against state institutions, including the country’s Parliament building, leave no doubt that these actions are “armed aggression.”

The statement reads, “We call on the international community, and the parliaments of United Nations member states to condemn the aggression against sovereign Venezuela and urge the United States to comply with international law and the United Nations Charter.”

The parliamentarians of the Council of the Republic convey their firm support to the Venezuelan people during these troubling times and express their solidarity with their colleagues of that nation’s National Assembly.

jdt/iff/ro/gfa