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Lord Bellingham (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 7 January 2026

Debate

Venezuela

Contribution

My Lords, I entirely agree with what the Minister had to say about the unpleasantness of President Maduro; we are well rid of him. She mentioned international law. Can she expand on that? For example, if China launched a military operation on Taiwan and abducted Lai Ching-te, or if Putin launched a raid on Warsaw and abducted Donald Tusk, she would say that both actions were gross abuses of international law and would demand multiple sanctions and the immediate recall of the Security Council. Can she give a legal explanation of why those two examples would be obvious breaches of international law but the American raid and abduction are not?

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