Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Minsk, Dec. 16 - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated today that a US military aggression against Venezuela would become a second Vietnam for Washington.
"I am absolutely convinced that all the issues and all the desires of the United States can be resolved today in a completely peaceful manner, because a war will lead nowhere. Yesterday I spoke with the special envoy to Belarus, John Coale, and I told him that this would be a second Vietnam," Lukashenko said in an interview with the US network Newsmax TV.
The president warned that the Venezuelan people will unite around President Nicolás Maduro if Washington attacks the Latin American country.
The Belarusian leader questioned the objectivity of US data on the volume of drug trafficking from Venezuela and indicated that he does not believe Maduro is involved in drug trafficking.
He also announced that he expects to address the issue of Venezuela soon with US President Donald Trump.
On November 29, Trump warned that the airspace over Venezuela and its surrounding areas should be considered completely closed to airlines, drug traffickers, and human traffickers.
For its part, the Venezuelan government asserted that it will continue to fully exercise its sovereignty, which is protected by international law throughout its airspace.
This measure comes amid growing tensions between the two countries, along with reports of Trump's plans to order a ground military operation in Venezuela.
The Pentagon has also increased its naval, air, and ground resources deployed throughout the Caribbean, within the area of ??authority of the US Southern Command.
On December 12, Trump announced that he will soon begin ground attacks against cartels in Latin America.
In August, Washington deployed three ships with four thousand soldiers in the Caribbean, near Venezuela, under the pretext of combating drug trafficking. (Text and photo: PL)
