The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on January 5 on the U.S. operation against Venezuela, the council presidency told Xinhua on January 3.

"The presidency intends to hold the emergency meeting on Monday morning at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT)," said Khadija Ahmed, spokeswoman for the Somali Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Somalia holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the month of January.

The United States launched an operation on January 3 and captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Caracas.