The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) condemned on Monday the intention of the United States (USA) to hijack the plane of the company Emtrasur, a subsidiary of the Venezuelan airline Conviasa, which has been held in Argentina since June 6.
Through a statement, ALBA described as “illegitimate and illegal” the request of the United States Department of Justice to seize the aircraft.
“The illegitimate and illegal seizure order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia is a consequence of the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the Government of the United States that threaten the sovereignty of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela”, reads the document published by the ALBA secretary , Sasha Llorenti, on her Twitter account.
In this sense, the alliance calls on the international community to demand the lifting of coercive measures and this new attack against Venezuela.
“ALBA-TCP supports the legal measures undertaken by the Venezuelan government to secure its assets,” the text adds.
Subsequently, on behalf of Venezuela, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Carlos Faria, thanked ALBA for its accompaniment, in the face of the attempted theft of a new Venezuelan asset abroad by the US.
“On behalf of President @NicolasMaduro and the Venezuelan People, we appreciate the forceful condemnation of the Member States of @ALBATCP in the face of the illegal action of the US Department of Justice. in its intention to steal one more asset from the Venezuelan State”, the Venezuelan foreign minister wrote on the social network.
This Monday, the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, He urged to articulate “a great campaign” against the sanctions and the persecution against Venezuela to recover the assets and assets of the State withheld abroad.
Similar action was presented in the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) demanded that the government of Argentina, headed by Alberto Fernández, hand over to Venezuela the plane seized in June owned by a Venezuelan company.
