Dec ​12 – Venezuela’s interior ministry said in a statement late on Thursday that ​the ​United States ​has suspended a migrant repatriation flight which had ‌been set to ‌arrive on Friday, amid months of high tensions between the two countries.

The U.S. is executing a large-scale military build-up in the ​southern Caribbean as President Donald Trump campaigns for the ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. This week the U.S. seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the country’s ‌coast.

“This Thursday, we have received the decision of the government of the United States to suspend, unilaterally, the ⁠return of Venezuelan citizens who had been scheduled ​to return on December 12,” the interior ministry said in a statement late on Thursday night, saying the suspension interrupted a coordinated process and was contradictory to ⁠previous agreements.

The ministry added it is confident the U.S. will “rectify” ‌the ‍situation “sooner rather ‍than later”.

Repatriation flights, which this year have returned ‌more than 18,000 Venezuelans, mostly from the U.S., were briefly halted earlier this month after Trump said Venezuelan airspace ⁠should be considered closed. Venezuela later said it had received a U.S. request to resume them.

(Reporting by Reuters)

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