Venezuela Warns U.S. Navy After USS Nitze Conducts A Freedom Of Navigation Operation (FONOP) Off Venezuela

BREAKING: #USSNitze conducts a freedom of navigation operation, contesting an excessive maritime claim by #Venezuela. The @USNavy ship lawfully navigated an area the illegitimate #Maduro regime falsely claims control over. @StateDept @DeptofDefense 1 of 3 https://t.co/mf9Hbfpdhs

— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) June 23, 2020

Navy Times: US Navy conducts FONOP off Venezuelan coast

A U.S. Navy warship conducted a freedom of navigation operation, or FONOP, Tuesday off Venezuela in an effort to contest “an excessive maritime claim” by the South American nation.

The guided-missile destroyer Nitze undertook the FONOP outside of Venezuela’s 12-nautical-mile territorial waters, according to a release from U.S. Southern Command.

A command official said the mission was undertaken “to challenge Venezuela’s excessive maritime claim of security jurisdiction from 12 to 15 nautical miles along its coastline and prior permission requirement for military operations within the Exclusive Economic Zone, which are contrary to international law.”

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