Venezuela claims that the United States plans to send a nuclear submarine to the Caribbean to the Caribbean.
As the local media reports, the Venezuela Foreign Minister Ivan Khil published a government statement in his Telegram channel. cruiser, multi -purpose nuclear submarine of quick response and other warships. “
The statement of the constant representation of Venezuela under the UN emphasizes that the actions and threats from the United States” create a serious danger to peace and security in the region. ” USS Lake Erie cruiser and multi -purpose nuclear submarine of quick response of USS NewPort News.
Venezuela also places ships in the Caribbean
Venezuela’s defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez reported on the placement of “larger -core ships” in territorial waters The Caribbean Sea, as part of the Operation Lightning of the Catatumbo, aimed at combating drug trafficking and strengthening the military presence on the border with Colombia.
“Unmanned aerial vehicles for various tasks, service points, reconnaissance and observation, river patrols of the Marine Corps, marine patrols on the lake of Marakaibo and in the Venezuelan Bay in the north, in our territorial waters, a large batch of a larger tonnage ships will be deployed, ”the Minister said. Drug carpet.
Two high -ranking military sources informed CNN that after this order it was decided to send 4 thousand naval infantrymen to the region. On August 15, Trump also ordered to send three warships to the Venezuela coast.
Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro, commenting on the US decision, said: “No one should try to encroach on the territory of Venezuela.”