Colombia’s president attacks Trump: You can’t close Venezuela’s airspace
He said Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that a foreign president does not have the right to announce the closure of another country’s airspace, following positions made by the American President Donald Trump regarding Venezuela.
The US President announced on Saturday that Venezuela’s airspace "Completely closed"While his government is intensifying pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by deploying its forces on a large scale in the Caribbean region.
Caracas condemned Trump’s announcement, describing it as…"Colonial threat" It affects the country’s sovereignty.
The Colombian president asked, without mentioning Trump’s name "I would like to know under what rule of international law can a head of state close the airspace of another state?"
Latin American countries
The leftist president added in a message published on the platform "X" Late Saturday evening, also speaking in his capacity as Chairman of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), "A foreign president cannot close a national airspace, otherwise the concepts of national sovereignty and international law would end"
Trump’s announcement came after US aviation authorities called on civilian aircraft flying in Venezuelan airspace to be cautious, given…"Deteriorating security situation and intensified military activity in and around Venezuela"
Since then, six airlines – representing a large portion of air traffic in South America – have suspended their flights to and from Venezuela.
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