Caracas: Venezuela on Friday accused the United States, breaking his airspace, in what he said was “blatant provocation,” the warning would “respond strongly” for each maneuver he saw as an act of aggression.
The incident came when the Colombian military and the US took part in the training near the Venezuelan Caribbean coastline.
Venezuela reports that the US “type C-17 large heavy military transportation” crossed into the airspace Thursday night for “a three-minute period …
traveling around 14 miles of sea,” said the Ministry of Defense statement.
“This blatant provocation occurred during joint military training by the Colombian Air Force and the Army in the Antioquia and Cundinamarca Department, where there was also the presence of American fighter jets F-16 and RC135 for strategic exploration,” he added.
, On July 16, the Colombian Air Force reported military training training together with the United States “with the aim of increasing interoperability with allied countries.” “We are aware that as part of the exercise mentioned above, the task of reconnaissance is being carried out towards Venezuela’s geographical space, which is why we do not rule out the possibility of other hostile actions to our sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the Venezuelan government said.
President Nicolas Maduro “has issued the right order to remain vigilant and forcibly respond to every action of aggression,” the text warned.
Venezuela has no diplomatic relations with the United States and Colombia, a country that shares porous borders of more than 2,200 kilometers (1,367 miles).
Caracas relations with Bogota and Washington have been tense since the presidency of the late Hugo Chavez, but tensions increased after the United States and Colombia recognized the opposition leader Juan Gueado as president, collected Maduro fraud in 2018 fraud in 2018.
Maduro often denounced what he described as a plan to kill Or overthrow it led by both governments, especially international rivals.