Chinese FM on Venezuela situation: China always opposes imposing one country's will on another

China always opposes the use or threat of force, as well as any imposition of one country's will on another, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday when speaking of the situation in Venezuela, Xinhua news agency reported.

Wang said the current international situation is more volatile and intertwined, with "unilateral bullying" becoming increasingly severe, according to Xinhua.

The sudden change of situation in Venezuela has drawn high attention from the international community, Wang said.

"We never believe that any country can play the role of world policeman, nor do we agree that any country can claim itself to be an international judge," Wang said, adding that the sovereignty and security of all countries should be fully protected by international law.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of Venezuela by U.S. special forces after the U.S. carried out large-scale strikes. Maduro is in a New York detention center awaiting a Monday court appearance on drug charges. 

Top officials in Maduro's government are still in charge and have called the detentions of Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores a kidnapping. U.S. President Donald Trump earlier said that the U.S. would temporarily “run” Venezuela.

Venezuelan Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino said on state television the U.S. attack killed soldiers, civilians and a "large part" of Maduro's security detail "in cold blood,” according to Reuters. The Cuban government said 32 of its citizens were killed in Venezuela during the raid.

Vice President Delcy Rodriguez — who also serves as oil minister — has taken over as interim leader with the blessing of Venezuela's top court and has said Maduro remains president, Reuters reported.

Trump's administration has described Maduro's capture as a law-enforcement mission to force him to face U.S. criminal charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy. Maduro has denied criminal involvement.

But Trump also said U.S. oil companies need "total access" to the country's vast reserves and suggested that an influx of Venezuelan emigrating to the United States also factored into the decision to capture Maduro.

"What really played (into the decision to capture Maduro) is the fact that he sent millions of people into our country from prisons and from mental institutions, drug dealers, every drug addict in his country was sent into our country," Trump said, according to Reuters.

The Venezuelan government has said for months Trump was seeking to take the country's natural resources, Reuters reported.