In a letter sent to the Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations and President of the Security Council, Abukar Dahir Osman, the Venezuelan diplomat denounced the US armed aggression against his country, which he described as a matter “with serious implications for regional and international peace and security.”

He stated that in the early hours of Saturday, US military forces carried out a series of “brutal, unjustified, and unilateral armed attacks” consisting of the bombing of civilian and military locations in the city of Caracas, and other cities in the states of Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira.

Moncada noted that, in addition, “US special forces are carrying out attacks in various parts of the national territory with helicopters and airplanes.”

He stated that this “flagrant act of aggression, premeditated, acknowledged, and publicized” by the United States government flagrantly violates the provisions of paragraph four of Article 2 of the UN Charter.

He denounced the deadly and treacherous US military attack against a country at peace.

He also condemned the US aggression against the Venezuelan people and government; called for an end to armed attacks by Washington against Venezuela; and urged the establishment of appropriate measures to hold the United States accountable for the crimes of aggression committed against the country.

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