New Delhi, Jan 5 (NationPress) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor remarked on Monday that India will formulate a suitable response to the deteriorating circumstances in Venezuela, emphasizing that any decision should be guided by national interests and diplomatic considerations.

“Regarding the situation in Venezuela, it is prudent for the government to determine how to react in alignment with India’s national interests, particularly given the sensitivities of the nations involved,” Tharoor stated, in light of the recent events surrounding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the actions taken by US forces.

The former diplomat took this opportunity to provide a broader analysis of global politics, stating that the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter have been consistently compromised. “It is evident that international law and the UN Charter have been violated more frequently than they have been upheld in the last 25 years,” he noted.

Tharoor further expressed that the present global framework is failing to meet its declared objectives.

“Regrettably, what is referred to as the world order today increasingly mirrors a world disorder,” he asserted, highlighting worries about the selective application of regulations and the rising instability in international relations.

These statements reflect India’s historically cautious stance on geopolitical crises, especially those involving rival global powers and issues of sovereignty.

In the meantime, the Donald Trump administration has attempted to mitigate criticism of its operations in Venezuela, contending that the apprehension of Nicolás Maduro was a precisely focused law enforcement action rather than the onset of a military intervention.

During appearances on various US television channels over the weekend, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed assertions that Washington was at war with Venezuela. “There’s no war,” Rubio stated, claiming that the United States was targeting drug trafficking organizations, not the Venezuelan government.

Rubio insisted that the operation, executed on Saturday, was carried out under US legal authority to arrest an indicted narco-trafficker and did not amount to an invasion. He explained that US forces were briefly deployed to execute the arrest before withdrawing and emphasized that the administration’s plan will now focus on sanctions, maritime enforcement, and sustained economic pressure rather than military engagement.