Maduro wants troops at border with Colombia against US ‘provocation’
Written by Millennium on February 17, 2019
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the military to come up with a plan for a permanent deployment of forces to the border with Colombia to avert “provocations” he accused the US of masterminding.
“Reinforcing the border with Colombia is necessary to make it “safe and peaceful,” Maduro said, adding that the permanent deployment would ensure that it is unpenetrable. “We must be well deployed to defend our land, to thwart any provocation, which we anticipate and which we do not know yet. Imagine them defending their maritime area against our marine and air force,” he said.
“[Colombian President Ivan] Duque has plans against Venezuela supported by the US government,” the embattled Venezuelan leader said on Friday at the meeting marking the end of the largest ever Angostura military drills.
The deployment will be effective immediately, Maduro said, citing the imminent threat of provocation from Colombia.
Duque has just returned from his trip to Washington where he discussed the political crisis in Venezuela, pledging support for self-declared ‘interim president’ Juan Guaido and his quest to oust Maduro from power.-RT
