Defense Minister, Javier Garciaclaimed that the Broad Front questioned the decision made by the Uruguayan government to deny access to the Venezuelan plane that is now detained at Ezeiza Airport, in Buenos Aires (Argentina). asked back Y put partisan politics aside when considering cases of security and defense of the country.
“It would have been nice if no political difference could be above unity, on an issue that is national security.. there was some questioning and I think they are the things in which party politics should not be present,” he told the press this Saturday at an activity held in Carmelo (Cologne).
“The unity of all the parties must be present to support a decision that meant avoiding a problem”, emphasized.
In this sense, García asked to “always think about the security and defense of Uruguay”, because, he said, it was a “sovereign decision” to “care for the safety of all Uruguayans and the country”. It refers to the communication sent to the Air Force so that it does not allow the landing in Uruguay of the Boeing 747 with a Venezuelan-Iranian crew on June 8.
The decision was made by Garcia in four minutesafter a call he received from his Interior counterpart, Luis Alberto Heber, who had been informed by the Paraguayan intelligence services that the country was dealing with a Venezuelan firm with connections with Iran and that both the aircraft and part of its crew had a history of logistical support for organizations considered “terrorist” internationally as the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and the al-Quds Force.
Without success, the 300-ton aircraft – which was waiting with trajectories in circles over the Río de la Plata – returned to Ezeiza. Since then, she has been held and the Argentine Justice is investigating him, as well as the five Iranians and 14 Venezuelans he had on board.
