Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday his country will suspend oil supplies to European countries if the new EU immigration law comes into force.
"Our petroleum should not go to those European countries" that apply the new law, Chavez said when meeting with visiting Paraguayan President-elect Fernando Lugo, who also voiced his opposition to the law.
Lugo said the law is against human rights.
Chavez and Lugo held a joint press conference in the Simon Bolivar Hall to endorse the establishment of a strategic alliance in the fields of energy and food between the two countries.
Chavez called the "Return Directive" approved Wednesday by the European Parliament "outrageous" and "the directive of shame."
The new rules seek to extend the period of detention of illegal immigrants to 18 months and to set the maximum length of the entry ban after their deportation.
Chavez said such legislation is unacceptable and invited Latin American and African nations to form a common front in rejection of the anti-immigration law.
Chavez also ordered Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez to pay attention to the so-called return directive and prepare a response.
He said after the wars in Europe, many European immigrants, almost naked and without money, arrived in the Americas and hoped for a new life. "None of them were rejected," Chavez added.
In a TV speech, Chavez said the EU move shows "signs of fascism" and that Europe will "build concentration camps" to hold millions of immigrants.
Moreover, Chavez called on the Organization of American Sates (OAS) and African countries to defend the dignity of their people and said Venezuela did not need the investment of European nations.
Chavez said he will wait for the reaction of the governments of European countries.
Source:Xinhua
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