By Prensa Latina,
Moscow : Venezuelan Ambasador to Russia Alexis Navarro denounced on Tuesday US deliberate destabilizing provocations against his country, and attempts to exert media pressures on it.
The actions by the US administration are true harassment against the South American nation, Navarro said in a press conference in this capital, in reference to the recent incidents and repeated unfounded accusations against Caracas.
Navarro said the US State Department admitted the fact of an incursion into Venezuelan territory by foreign troops and violation of its air space by a US military airplane.
The S-3B Viking crewed aircraft flew over the isle of La Orchila, where there is a Venezuelan military base and a presidential residence, and we do not know if it belongs to the 4th US Fleet, which was reactivated recently, the diplomat said.
It is clear that it is a provocation, especially when a violation of the air space has been admitted, without evidence of a supposed flight error.
In the same tone, the head of the Venezuelan diplomatic delegation to Russia assessed the incident with Colombia, after the recent crossing over into Venezuela’s territory by the military of that country across the Arauca river, which divides both nations, he said.
He said this provocation is part of a series of similar maneuvers, in which President Alaro Uribe’s government is participating with Washington’s support.
Regarding attempts to isolate Venezuela through media pressures and manipulation, Navarro warned that such a thing will not happen, because his country can feel support by numerous States in the world, he said.