Sri Lanka, Jan. 4 -- The JVP has issued a statement following the attacks carried out by the United States in Venezuela and the move to take Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife into US custody.

The JVP statement says that the party strongly condemns this move, in which the United States intruded into Venezuela-a free and sovereign state-and abducted the President who was elected by the people, along with his wife.

It further states that, as in any free and sovereign country in the world, the supreme authority to decide Venezuela's future and to determine who governs the country lies with the people of Venezuela and that no power has the right to violate this sovereignty.

The full statement is as follows:

We strongly conde...