The Bolivarian Government of Venezuela rejected the accusations by the Donald Trump administration, which purport to classify it as “not cooperating in the fight against terrorism” after having suffered an armed incursion for terrorist purposes that included the participation of the United States.
Through a statement published on the Twitter social network by the Venezuelan Chancellor, Jorge Arreaza, the National Government classifies the statements as cynical, and urges the United Nations to rigorously investigate the terrorist actions in which Washington has participated.
Following, the Communiqué:
“The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela categorically rejects the cynical signal of Donald Trump’s supremacist government, by pretending to classify Venezuela as a State that does not cooperate in the fight against terrorism, just days after having suffered an armed incursion with the aim of terrorists, which included the participation of mercenaries and companies from the US.
Washington has repeatedly demonstrated its contempt for international terrorism law. Faced with the disbelief of the world and even its own Congress, the United States intends to hide its permanent non-compliance and violation of resolutions of the Security Council and of the United Nations General Assembly, by providing refuge to terrorists, refusing to implement mutual assistance agreements in criminal matter, violate the principle of extradition or trial to those accused of terrorism and provide financial, logistical and training support to those guilty of these crimes.
It cannot claim to evaluate, much less certify the conduct of a country in this delicate matter, the main sponsor of terrorism in the world. It is no secret to anyone that the emergence and action of terrorist groups in the Middle East has the original signature of the United States intelligence agencies.
Ideologizing anti-terrorism cooperation is nothing more than a flight forward and a strategy of aggression towards independent countries, which believe in peace.
Venezuela hopes that the Security Council of the United Nations and the International Criminal Court will rigorously investigate the role Washington has played in promoting terrorist practices, establishing responsibilities and making the most elementary principles of international law prevail.”
Caracas, May 14, 2020
