The U.S. has issued a new NOTAM advisory over a "potentially hazardous situation" near Venezuela's main airport, Maiquetia, due to the "worsening security situation and heightened military activity in or around" the country.
"Threats could pose a potential risk to aircraft at all altitudes, including during overflight, the arrival, and departure phases of flight, and/or airports and aircraft on the ground," the advisory adds.
The United States has issued a new NOTAM for the entire Venezuelan Flight Information Region (FIR), advising of a hazardous security environment amid worsening conditions and heightened military activity in and around Venezuela.@FaytuksNetwork pic.twitter.com/jfvy3LnuIx
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The development comes shortly after President Donald Trump said he will speak with Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro in the "not too distant future" and will say "something very specific" to him as Washington D.C. continues to escalate pressure on Caracas.
Speaking to Fox News' Brian Kilmeade, Trump repeatedly refused to provide more details on his next move, but claimed his administration will be "very involved."
Trump had already said last weekend that he could talk to Maduro, and that Caracas wanted to engage in dialogue. However, at the same time his administration is set to officially designate the Cartel de los Soles, which it accuses Maduro and other top officials of leading, as a terrorist organization on Monday.
"Neither Maduro nor his cronies represent Venezuela's legitimate government. Cartel de los Soles by and with other designated FTOs including Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel are responsible for terrorist violence throughout our hemisphere as well as for trafficking drugs into the United States and Europe," said the State Department in a release.
Maduro has repeatedly called for dialogue with Trump, but is showing defiance at the same time. On Wednesday he said "heavy weaponry and missiles" had been deployed in a key part of the country.
Maduro said the deployment is part of a "comprehensive defense plan" and fortifies the corridor between Caracas and the coastal state of La Guaira.
He showed the area in a map during a televised address, noting that the plan detailed how the regime intends to defend the population from external threats "street by street, community by community, weapon by weapon, weapons system by weapons system."
In another passage of the address, Maduro added that an "arsenal of weapons for the militiamen and militiawomen is already in place." He claimed that over 8 million people enrolled in the militia during a drive in August after the U.S. began its military deployment in the area.
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