Venezuelan Military Will Never Have Orders To Fire On Civilians - Foreign Minister

UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 23rd February, 2019) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza during a press conference disputed reports about indigenous fatalities at the border and said President Nicolas Maduro's government would never order troops to fire on civilians.

On Friday, local media reported that clashes between the Venezuelan security forces and indigenous people living in the southeastern state of Bolivar resulted in two people killed, while 22 others have been injured.

"Your question is full of venom, [it] is poisonous, it is no way related to the versions that I have had," Arreaza told reporters on Friday answering a question about alleged civilian casualties. "Members of the Venezuelan military... will never have orders to fire on the civilian population. They are there to defend Venezuelan territory from any armed attack against our country."