A few hours after the President of the United States, Donald Trump, warned pilots and traffickers that Venezuelan airspace was “completely closed,” the Venezuelan government responded in harsh terms, describing the American pole’s statement as “completely closed.” “A hostile, unilateral and arbitrary act.”
The person responsible for expressing the position of the Nicolas Maduro regime was Foreign Minister Iván Gil Pinto, who also criticized Trump’s “extraordinary” attempts. “Issuing orders and threatening the sovereignty” of Venezuela.
“Venezuela demands unrestricted respect for its airspaceIn a lengthy message posted on the social network Telegram, the advisor warned that it was protected under the rules of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
He stressed that his country “He will not accept orders, threats or interference Coming from any foreign power.”
“These types of statements make up A hostile, unilateral and arbitrary act that contradicts the most basic principles of international law The statement issued by the Foreign Minister said that this is part of a permanent aggressive policy against our country, with colonial claims on our region in Latin America.
Moreover, he highlighted that the statements made by Donald Trump this morning on his social network are true “Represents an explicit threat to use force.”This is a situation “clearly and unambiguously prohibited by the United Nations Charter.”
After pointing out that Trump’s position constitutes a… ‘attempted intimidation’The Chancellor also noted that “no authority outside Venezuelan institutions has the authority to interfere, prevent or impose conditions on the use of national airspace.”
The Maduro administration also disavowed this by Trump’s decision by the United States “It unilaterally stopped the flights of Venezuelan migrants.” He remembered that “75 flights were operated for the return of 13,956 Venezuelan migrants, who were received with love and absolute solidarity,” referring to the bilateral agreement concluded in January between the two countries, which severed diplomatic relations between them in 2019.
In his message, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister called on “the sovereign governments of the world, the United Nations and international organizations to” “We strongly reject this immoral act.”
At around 10 o’clock on Saturday, Trump posted a message on his social network in which he warned “all airlines, pilots, drug dealers and human traffickers” to “consider that the airspace over Venezuela and its surrounding areas will remain completely closed.”
The encrypted message from the US President came a day after the New York Times revealed an alleged phone conversation he had with Maduro in search of a possible meeting, which was neither officially confirmed nor denied by both parties.