Jiji PressTOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called for a peaceful resolution to political unrest in Venezuela, while stopping short of clarifying support for either President Nicolas Maduro or opposition leader Juan Guaido.

“I strongly hope that [the political crisis in Venezuela] will be resolved in a democratic and peaceful way,” Abe told a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Tokyo.Speech