Padrino denounced the “criminal military aggression” against his country and reported that data is being gathered on the wounded and dead following the attack, which he described as vile and cowardly.

The Venezuelan Defense Minister urged the international community and multilateral organizations to condemn the US government for what he called a flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and international law.

Padrino announced that the Bolivarian National Armed Forces will fully support the decree declaring a state of external emergency and will deploy all their capabilities for the comprehensive defense of the nation.

He also pointed out that a massive deployment of land, air, naval, riverine, and missile forces would be activated, in perfect popular, military, and police unity, to form a single combat bloc against imperial threats.

Caracas denounced that the objective of the attacks perpetrated in the early morning was to seize the country’s strategic resources, particularly its oil and minerals, and to forcibly break the nation’s political independence.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council this Saturday and affirmed that the aggression against his country and the kidnapping of its president constitute a violation of international law and the Charter of that multilateral organization. jdt/arc/evm

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