Washington, January 09: The United States on Friday denied president Hugo Chavez’s assertion a US military plane twice violated Venezuelan airspace earlier in the day.
“We can confirm no US military aircraft entered Venezuelan airspace today. As a matter of policy we do not fly over a nation’s airspace without prior consent or coordination,” a spokesman for the Pentagon said.
Asked about Chavez’s statement he ordered two F-16 jets to intercept the US military plane, the Pentagon spokesman said, “I can only speak for our actions, which confirms no US military aircraft entered Venezuelan airspace.”
—-Agencies