China Rejects New US Sanctions Against Venezuela, Calls for Internal Solutions
“The present problem in Venezuela should be resolved by the Venezuelan government and the people themselves,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
China has rejected new U.S. sanctions against Venezuela, calling for an end to foreign intervention in the internal affairs of the South American country and adding that unilateral sanctions have historically only complicated situations.
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“The present problem in Venezuela should be resolved by the Venezuelan government and the people themselves,” Hua Chunying, spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said during a news briefing.
“The experience of history shows that outside interference or unilateral sanctions will make the situation even more complicated and will not help resolve the actual problem,” Chunying said.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prohibits dealings in new debt from the Venezuelan government or its state oil company Friday in an effort to halt financing that the White House said fuels Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s “dictatorship.”
Earlier this month, China said it believed voting in Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly election was “generally held smoothly,” brushing off condemnation from the United States, the European Union and other U.S. allied countries.
As the United States cranks up its threats and actions against Venezuela, China has remained a strong ally to the Bolivarian nation, continuing to honor their business relationships and offering new oil deals.
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Additional support for Venezuela was expressed by former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, former Dominican President Leonel Fernandez and former Panamanian President Martin Torrijos during a meeting with the former state dignitaries where the three condemned the financial and political pressure brought on by the U.S. due to the sanctions and threats of military intervention.
The three former heads of state criticized the financial sanctions imposed by the United States and the proposal of a military intervention to solve the Venezuelan crisis. "We consider that the sanctions and the hypothesis put forward by a military intervention do not contribute to an intelligent and constructive solution."
Following Trump’s statement earlier this month, where the president stated that a “military option” to resolve Venezuela’s situation was not off the table, even right-wing allies in Latin America condemned the military threat.
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