Sri Lanka, Jan. 7 -- It is noted with deep consternation that several states in Latin America, the Middle East and elsewhere are ominously threatened with military strikes and other forceful measures in potential violation of their respective sovereignty and territorial integrity, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem said.

Issuing a statement, the SLMC leader said these threats have been made especially in the wake of the recent unlawful military incursions into Venezuela and the arrest and detention of the President of that country, carried out by the incumbent Trump Administration.

"No country, however big or powerful, can flagrantly breach the international law and the UN Charter. The post-world war order, which by an...