The President of the United States, Donald Trump, confirmed, this Sunday (30), that he spoke by telephone with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, but did not want to give details of what was discussed.
The confirmation was given by the president to reporters aboard Air Force One during the return trip to Washington, this Sunday (30). Trump spent the holiday
“I don’t want to comment on that. The answer is yes,” the president told the press.
“I wouldn’t say [a ligação] it was good or bad… it was just a phone call”, he added when asked how the conversation went.
The New York Times had already reported on a conversation between the two leaders,
The call takes place at a time of escalating tensions between the US and Venezuela.
On Saturday (29), Trump published on social media that Venezuelan airspace
In a post on the Truth Social network, the president stated: “To all airlines, pilots, drug traffickers and human traffickers, consider a TOTAL CLOSURE OF AIRSPACE OVER AND AROUND VENEZUELA.”
Venezuela condemned the statement. In a statement published by Foreign Minister Yván Gil, Caracas said it denounced and condemned the “colonialist threat that seeks to affect the sovereignty of its airspace, constituting a new, extravagant, illegal and unjustified act of aggression against the Venezuelan people.”
The chancellor added that, in this Sunday’s publication, Trump “attempts to extraterritorially apply the illegitimate jurisdiction of the United States in Venezuela.”
“This type of declaration constitutes a hostile, unilateral and arbitrary act, incompatible with the most elementary principles of International Law and is part of a permanent policy of aggression against our country”, pointed out the text, which stated that the country “will not accept orders, threats or interference from any foreign power”.
The Caracas Foreign Ministry also pointed out that Trump’s statement marks a unilateral suspension of repatriation flights for Venezuelan immigrants, who have been sent regularly from the United States.
“Venezuela will continue to fully exercise its sovereignty protected by international law throughout its airspace,” he concluded.
