As RIA Novosti points out, he posted the corresponding post on his Twitter page.

“Venezuela calls on the national and international community to condemn the shameful statements of the Southern Command of the United States, which indicate that Venezuela exercises“ excessive control ”over its jurisdictional waters, while the warship USS Pinckney (DDG-91) was in our contiguous zone at a distance of 16.1 nautical miles from the coast of Venezuela, ”the statement said.

It is noted that the minister connects the "indiscriminate and infantile provocative actions" of the military with the recent election visit of US President Donald Trump to the military command base in Florida.

Earlier it was reported that the Venezuelan Armed Forces shot down a plane with a US tail number, which violated the country's airspace.