The Minister for Defense, G/J Vladimir Padrino López, emphasized that there will be a forceful response against those who dare to request, inside or outside Venezuela, a military intervention against the country.
“A Bolivarian response, a response of equity; because the Bolivarian National Armed Force is willing to defend our territorial integrity, our sovereignty, our freedom, our democracy, our Constitution, and we are going there: our safe harbor will be victory,” stated Padrino López. this wednesday when reviewing the Libertador Simón Bolívar Infantry Battalion, located in Caracas.
He too sectoral vice president of Political SovereigntySecurity and Peace highlighted that the beginning of the military exercise “Bolivarian Shield 2025”, launched with “a lot of force” by the Commander in Chief of the FANB, Nicolás Maduro, has proposed to be of a higher level to achieve synchrony and interoperability of all weapons systems.
Padrino López, aboard a Russian-made BMP-3 infantry combat vehicle, evaluated communications, personnel cohesion, training and troop morale with the commander of the Simón Bolívar Infantry Battalion.
“This exercise promises a lot, the people of Venezuela must trust their Bolivarian National Armed Forces, in fact, we are already working together in a popular military and police union,” he stressed.
