Multilateralism under threat after Maduro abduction: Lamola

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola.

ANC NEC member and International Relations Minister, Ronald Lamola, says multilateralism is under threat with the abduction of Venezuelan President, Nicholas Maduro by US forces.

The elite US Delta Force led a raid into Venezuela that resulted in the capture of Maduro and his wife in Caracus at the weekend.

Washington accuses Maduro of racketeering and drug dealing.

The United Nations has called an urgent meeting of its Security Council to discuss America’s action.

Lamola was speaking on the sidelines of the ANC NEC meeting in Rustenburg.

#RonaldLamola : As the government of South Africa we were taken aback by the posture of the United States of America because it’s in violation of the UN charter. #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/Jhzf69VGKw

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