“We are not afraid because what must unite us as a people is guaranteeing peace and stability for this country,” Ms Rodriguez said.
Nigeria has been on tenterhooks since the Trump administration designated it as a ‘country of particular concern’ and launched military strikes in Sokoto.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House.
The move comes as the country is adapting to new leadership under acting President Delcy Rodríguez.
The pope had called for Venezuela’s sovereignty to be respected after the U.S. military’s lightning raid to capture Mr Maduro in Caracas on January 3.
“I’d probably be inclined to keep Exxon out. I didn’t like their response. They’re playing too cute,” Mr Trump said to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday.
When asked if it would be three months, six months, a year, or longer, Mr Trump replied, “I would say much longer.”
President Donald Trump has said that Venezuela will surrender about 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S. following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
The U.S. action made “all states less safe around the world”, Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the high commissioner, said.
Mr Ojumu further advocated people-centred, transparent and inclusive leadership within sovereign states.
