Maduro convened a meeting of the defense Council in connection with the statements trump
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the convening on Tuesday evening, Council of national defense in the face of threats from the United States. “I decided to use the defense Council of the state in accordance with article 323 of the Constitution to give a comprehensive response to the imperialist threat,” wrote Maduro in his microblog on Twitter.
MEXICO city, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the convening on Tuesday evening, Council of national defense in the face of threats from the United States.
“I decided to use the defense Council of the state in accordance with article 323 of the Constitution to give a comprehensive response to the imperialist threat,” wrote Maduro in his microblog on Twitter.
Earlier, U.S. President Donald trump said that the US will take decisive economic action, if the leader of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro will convene the constituent Assembly on 30 July.
According to Maduro, this response will be of a strong character, being aimed at “the protection of historic anti-colonial and anti-imperialist heritage of our Motherland.”
The Council is meeting now at the presidential Palace Miraflores in Caracas.