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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
WASHINGTON, November 29 (Xinhua) — US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the airspace over and around Venezuela should be considered "completely" closed.
“To all airlines, pilots, drug dealers, and human traffickers, please consider the airspace over and around Venezuela to be completely closed,” Trump wrote in a post on the social network Truth Social, without providing further details.
The comments come amid heightened tensions between the United States and Venezuela.
Since early September, the United States has carried out more than 20 military strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, killing more than 80 people. The US military presence in the Caribbean was strengthened in mid-November with the deployment of the large aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, marking the largest buildup of forces in three decades.
On November 27, in his Thanksgiving address to U.S. troops, Donald Trump suggested that the United States could take ground action against drug trafficking networks in Venezuela "very soon."
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has denied any involvement in drug trafficking, accusing the United States of "fabricating" a pretext to force regime change in Venezuela.
On November 28, the New York Times reported that D. Trump and N. Maduro had a telephone conversation last week to discuss the possibility of a personal meeting in the United States, but no agreement was reached.
Last week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a warning to major airlines flying over Venezuela, citing threats posed by a "potentially dangerous situation" due to "deteriorating security and increased military activity" in or around the South American country.
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