Venezuelan government rejects seizure of new vessel transporting oil

The Venezuelan government rejected the seizure of a new vessel transporting oil, it said in a statement on Saturday, describing it as a “serious act of international piracy,” after the United States seized another tanker near the coast of the South American country.
Venezuela “denounces and rejects the theft and hijacking of a new private vessel transporting oil, as well as the forced disappearance of its crew, committed by military personnel of the United States of America in international waters,” the statement added.