China Condemns Maduro Abduction: No Country Should Act as World’s Judge

DID Press: China’s FM Wang Yi said no country has the right to consider itself the “judge of the world,” following the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the United States. He stressed the need to safeguard the sovereignty and security of all states under international law.

Speaking in Beijing on Sunday during a meeting with Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar, Wang referred to the “sudden developments in Venezuela,” adding: “We have never believed that any country can act as the world’s police, nor do we accept any country has the right to become judge of the world.”

Maduro, 63, is currently being held in New York and is due to appear in court on Monday on drug-trafficking charges.

However, U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that Washington will oversee Venezuela “for the time being” poses a significant test for the “all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership” between Beijing and Caracas, established in 2023 after nearly five decades of diplomatic relations.

A Chinese government official, familiar with Maduro’s recent meeting with Qiu Xiaoqi, China’s special envoy for Latin America and the Caribbean just hours before the abduction, said: “This was a major blow to China. We wanted to be regarded as a reliable friend of Venezuela.”