Venezuela has formally protested UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s remarks about the country, stating that they contradict the principles of neutrality, objectivity and impartiality.
“The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses its strongest protest over the statements made by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres regarding the Venezuelan state,” the ministry said in a statement on Monday.
The statement added that the UN chief’s recent remarks contradict the principles of objectivity, prudence, impartiality, and good faith enshrined in the UN Charter.
The statement was prompted by Guterres’ remarks at a press conference in Nairobi, where, responding to a question about the possibility of a Venezuela-like scenario being repeated with Cuba, he said that comparing the two cases was inappropriate, as Venezuela “was completely different.” According to the Secretary-General, in Venezuela, “We saw a military operation against (Nicolas) Maduro, but I have the idea that there were very large complicities within the Venezuelan political system.”
The Venezuelan government responded by declaring that the UN Secretariat is demonstrating an inability to effectively promote peace and resolve major modern conflicts. The statement noted that, amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip, the escalation of wars, and the imposition of unilateral sanctions against sovereign states, the organisation maintains “silence or an ambiguous position,” weakening its moral authority.
