Darjeeling, Jan. 6 -- Former Foreign Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that the foreign policy of the US is such that if it deems that any country is posing as a threat, it will have the right to respond.

Shringla, while talking to ANI, said that looking at the situation there, India released an advisory for Indians in Venezuela.

He said, "What we have seen is that the current US foreign policy is that if any situation arises in their region, whether it's North America or South America, that poses a threat or a challenge to the US, then the US has the right to respond. And what we are seeing, what the US has done, is in accordance with that policy. And they have apprehended the Venezuelan president, Maduro, on dru...