The Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgadoresponded to the government of Venezuela after the authorities of the Caribbean country demanded explanations from Uruguay through a statement, for denying access to the Venezuelan plane that is being held in Buenos Aires (Argentina). “Uruguay made a sovereign decision,” said the hierarch.
Delgado said that “Uruguay acted within the framework of law” when he decided not to enable the landing of the Boeing 747-3B3 for a technical stopover in Montevideo, to then go to Caracas. “Those who sign the document are in the government, in another circumstance. For us, Venezuela is far from being a democracy,” he added..
When the plane with a Venezuelan-Iranian crew took off from Ezeiza Airport, Uruguayan authorities received the request for access, which was rejected by the Defense Minister, Javier Garcia.
The Uruguayan government made the decision “ensuring that (the aircraft) also had enough fuel so that there would be no other type of risk, nothing more,” Delgado told reporters.
“No other outsider, with less legality than ours, is going to be able to endorse us any type of responsibility,” he said.
Request for explanations
Crew –five Iranians and 14 Venezuelans who are delayed in a hotel in the Argentine capital – they intended to fly to Caracas, Venezuela, on June 11. Nevertheless, both YPF and Shell refused to supply fuel to the aircraft, so they decided carry out a technical stop in Uruguay.
The country approved the flight in the first instance, as confirmed The Observerbut a call from the Minister of the Interior, Louis Albert Heberto his Defense pair, Xavier Garcia, generated that Garcia deny the arrival of the plane to the country.
