Ghana is not happy about the Venezuela situation, cautioning against what it described as a return to colonial-era thinking.
In its statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep concern over remarks attributed to US President Donald Trump suggesting that the United States would “run” Venezuela until a transition deemed “safe, proper and judicious,” and that American oil companies would be invited to “go in.”
“These declarations are reminiscent of the colonial and imperialist era,” Ghana stated, warning that such ambitions “should have no place in the post-Second World War era.”
According to the government, allowing powerful states to impose political outcomes on others puts every nation at risk and weakens the foundations of the international system.
“To allow this is to put the international community at great risk and undermine the sovereignty of every country,” the statement said.
Ghana reaffirmed its commitment to the principle of self-determination, maintaining that Venezuela’s political future must be decided by its own people without external coercion.
“Only the Venezuelan people should freely determine their political and democratic future,” the release stressed.
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