(MENAFN) On Friday, Russia and China voiced strong opposition to the increasing U.S. military operations in the southern Caribbean, cautioning that Washington's maneuvers near Venezuela’s coastline endanger peace and balance in the region.

During an urgent meeting at the United Nations Security Council, Russia's representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, declared that "Venezuela, a sovereign state which for several months now has been subjected to unprecedented pressure and threats of military invasion."

Emphasizing that "the situation is becoming more acute" with each passing day, Nebenzia pointed out that "just a few kilometers off the coast of that country, large-scale US military activity is taking place that is a direct threat to regional and international peace and security," further noting that "the total number of the military contingent is more than 4,000 people."

He challenged the justification for these military actions by questioning, "What is the preparation for an invasion?" and dismissed U.S. allegations regarding a "mythical cartel de los soles" supposedly involved in drug trafficking to the United States. The cartel de los soles, or "cartel of the sun," is considered to be an informal Venezuelan militant network allegedly led by senior officials within the Venezuelan armed forces.

Nebenzia criticized these allegations, calling them "an excellent subject for a Hollywood blockbuster in which the Americans would once again save the world. But these assertions are not underpinned by facts at all."

He went on to assert that Russia "condemns the strikes on civilian vessels as gross violations of international law and human rights," arguing that such behavior aligns with "the infamous theory of American exceptionalism, under which the US can do whatever it wants, and other countries can only do what the US allows them to do."

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