Turkey on Tuesday said it was against any attempts to change Venezuela's government of President Nicolas Maduro through "undemocratic" methods after a move by some Venezuelan troops to support opposition leader Juan Guaido.
"We are against attempts to change legitimate governments through undemocratic means," Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was quoted as saying by the official Anadolu news agency.
"We are in favour of solution to problems facing the country through dialogue. We always stand by the people of Venezuela," he said.
His remarks came after Venezuelan Vice President Jorge Rodriguez said Tuesday that a group of soldiers are self-deployed on the Altamira distributor road, which is close to La Carlota military air base, for uprising against the Constitution and the peace of the country.
Guaido, Venezuela's self-proclaimed president who is recognised by some countries including the United States and Brazil, said troops had joined his campaign to oust Maduro, who is backed by Russia, China and Iran.
The Venezuelan government has vowed to put down what it called an attempted coup.
Turkey is a firm supporter of Maduro, who was the first world leader to express backing for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after an attempted coup d'etat in Turkey in 2016.
Earlier, opposition leader Juan Guaido released a video on Twitter in which he can be seen alongside soldiers and calling for uprising to end the "usurpation" of President Nicolas Maduro.
Maduro, for his part, called on people to take to the streets to "protect the homeland and constitutional order" amid reports of the coup attempt in the country.
