The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting next week on the situation in Venezuela, after Caracas denounced a U.S. blockade targeting Venezuelan oil shipments as a violation of international law, the council presidency confirmed on Thursday.

Laura Miklic, spokeswoman for Slovenia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, confirmed that the meeting was requested by Venezuela and is scheduled for Tuesday at 3 p.m.

In a statement released on December 17, Venezuela's Permanent Mission to the UN said it had asked the Security Council to address what it described as "U.S. aggression against Venezuela," calling on the body to take necessary measures to uphold international law. The statement accused U.S. President Donald Trump of violating Venezuela's national sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence.

Tensions between Washington and Caracas have intensified in recent months. The United States has expanded its military deployment in the Caribbean, saying the operation is aimed at combating drug trafficking in Latin America, with a particular focus on Venezuela. Caracas has rejected the explanation, viewing the deployment as a pressure campaign designed to force President Nicolas Maduro from power.

U.S. military aircraft have carried out repeated flybys off the Venezuelan coast, while strikes on vessels allegedly linked to drug trafficking have killed more than 90 people. Tensions escalated further last week when the United States seized an oil tanker departing Venezuela and later announced sanctions on several additional vessels.

On Wednesday, Trump announced a blockade of what he called "sanctioned oil vessels" traveling to and from Venezuela. He accused the Maduro government of using oil revenues to finance activities he described as "drug terrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping," and claimed that Venezuela had taken oil "belonging to the United States."

Venezuela dismissed U.S. claims that it had "stolen" American oil as groundless, accusing Washington of pursuing war provocation and colonial-style expansion.

Venezuela's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that Trump's remarks and actions amounted to "crude piracy," arguing that Washington's stated campaign against "drug terrorism" was a false narrative. The ministry said the real objective was regime change in Venezuela and the seizure of the country's oil and other natural resources.

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged the Trump administration to avoid making "fatal mistakes" on Venezuela that could have unpredictable consequences for the entire Western Hemisphere.

The ministry said Moscow supports the Maduro government's efforts to defend national interests and sovereignty, and stressed that Latin America and the Caribbean should remain a zone of peace.