The Sectorial Vice President of Defense and Sovereignty, Vladimir Padrino López, denounced on Thursday the military harassment carried out by the United States government over the Venezuelan people, with the presence of combat planes in the nearby Caribbean.
During the presentation of a OPERATIONS BALANCE From the Bolivarian National Armanda Force (FANB) in defense of territorial integrity, he indicated that “we have detected, the Integrated Air Defense System of Venezuela, within the Maiquetía flight information region, more than five vectors with 400 knots flight characteristics, and flying at a height of 35,000 feet,” he said.
He explained that these are combat airplanes that the US has dared to bring the Venezuelan coasts closer, being verified by an informed by an international area line.
The Minister for Defense also indicated that they had never seen this deployment of airplanes, which are parked in Puerto Rico, of class F-35.
«We know the deployment there is, but dare to approach the Venezuelan territory… we are seeing them. That does not intimidate us, not intimidate the Venezuelan people, ”he emphasizes.
Padrino López stressed that the presence of these planes is a provocation and a threat against the security of the nation. “I denounced the world, military harassment, the military threat of the United States government over the people of Venezuela, which what you want is peace,” he reiterated.
He added that orders are already given and that it only remains to comply with them to guarantee the defense of the territory.
The Venezuelan government has denounced on several occasions, and before international instances, the threat that the US military deployment represents for the region in the Caribbean.
