Maduro and his iron ally: North Korea

The North Korean government has defended the legitimacy of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a message issued today by the official KCNA news agency in which he urges outside powers not to interfere in the domestic affairs of the South American country.

"Any attempt by external forces to overthrow a legitimately elected president in accordance with the Constitution of a sovereign state constitutes obvious interference in internal affairs and a flagrant violation of international law," a spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs. message sent to KCNA.

The North Korean Foreign Ministry believes that the "abnormal situation" that Venezuela is experiencing "after the self-proclamation" of the President of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, as interim president after canceling the result of the elections of May 2018, is becoming a complicated international problem ".

The evidence is, he said, the call after several days after an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, reported the EFE news agency.

"We firmly believe that Venezuela's problems must be solved peacefully, in accordance with the independent will and decision of the Venezuelan government and people," communist diplomacy said.