HAVANA, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Sunday demanded that the United States stop illegally detaining Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.

"It has been eight days since the brutal kidnapping of the legitimate president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro Moros, and his wife Cilia Flores," said Rodriguez on X.

"We demand that the U.S. government put an end to this illegal detention, respect his immunity, stop the judicial and media farce that this trial has turned into and ensure his life and care," he added.

"We call on the international community to join this just demand, to preserve international law, as well as the life, justice and rights of President Maduro and his wife," said the diplomat. ■