Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello (left) and ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan (right). File photo.
The Venezuelan minister for the Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, stated that the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, makes statements about Venezuela based on incorrect information he receives.
“We do not have children in prison here, Mr. Karim Khan. You were given incorrect information, and you are making statements based on that incorrect information. We do not have children detained here,” Caebllo stated on Wednesday, December 4, during the 506th episode of his television program Con El Mazo Dando.
In this regard, he stressed that Venezuela is not like the United States, where children are indeed detained, minors who have not committed any crimes. “There, children are grabbed and separated from their parents. In the US, there are indeed detained children to worry about,” he commented, referring to the migrant children kept isolated from their parents by the US border agencies.
Venezuela Condemns Statements by International Criminal Court Prosecutor
Cabello made these comments in reference to the ICC prosecutor’s claims about “children detained in Venezuela” in association with the violent events that took place after the July 28 presidential elections. The prosecutor made these statements during the 23rd session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on Monday, December 2.
Minster Cabello went on to add that while children are detained in the US, they are killed in Palestine. “Isn’t it strange that you say nothing about it?” he questioned, criticizing the inaction of the ICC and other international organizations regarding the genocide carried out by the Zionist entity against the Palestinian people.
Cabello also expressed certainty that the arrest warrant issued by the ICC against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be enforced.
“It is pure nonsense. It is just for show,” Cabello remarked.
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