The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela released a statement condemning the U.S. aircraft incursion to the Venezuelan air space, as a violation of international law and an outright aggression to the sovereignty of the nation. teleSUR
00:00And also the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela denounced through a statement the illegal incursion of U.S. combat aircraft near the coast of the country.
00:10The statement reads that the ministries of Popular Power for Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela strongly denounce and reject the illegal incursion of U.S. combat aircraft detected on October 2nd of this year, approximately 75 kilometers from our coastline within the MICDIA flight information region.
00:32It continues by saying that this action seriously jeopardized the operational safety of civil and commercial aviation in the Caribbean Sea.
00:41The incident was also spotted by the Colombian airline Avianca, adding to the official detection by CODAI.
00:48This serious report adds to other similar illegal incursions previously recorded and already denounced by the Bolivarian government, which constitutes a pattern of harassment that cannot be tolerated.
01:00It concludes by saying that Venezuela reiterates that it will not accept intimidation or aggression from any foreign power and that it will fully exercise its right to defend its national sovereignty in accordance with international law.
01:17The Bolivarian National Armed Forces will remain on permanent alert with its integrated airspace defense system.
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