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For­eign Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sean Sobers has de­fend­ed the gov­ern­ment’s cau­tious pos­ture on Venezuela, in­sist­ing it is fo­cused on sta­bil­i­ty and a de­mo­c­ra­t­ic tran­si­tion, even as ques­tions mount over the Unit­ed States’ role in the dra­mat­ic ouster of Pres­i­dent Nicolás Maduro.

Speak­ing at Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress head­quar­ters ear­li­er to­day, Sobers em­pha­sised that the gov­ern­ment’s stance has not shift­ed, de­spite the dra­mat­ic turn of events in Cara­cas and the in­creas­ing­ly as­sertive pos­ture of the Unit­ed States.

“As it per­tains to the peo­ple of Venezuela, we’ve al­ways stood on the side of the peo­ple of Venezuela,” Sobers said. “We stand on the side of a safe, se­cure, trans­par­ent, de­mo­c­ra­t­ic tran­si­tion.”