Venezuela will file an international lawsuit against the US government due to damage to Venezuelan companies inflicted by US sanctions, said President Nicolas Maduro, Press TV reported.

Maduro said, "we should immediately prepare an international lawsuit before the court of justice against the United States government for the damage that is intended to be done to the Conviasa company and to national companies of Venezuela."

"A global lawsuit against the policy of aggression and sanctions of coercive measures. Venezuela will seek justice in international courts," he added.

"We will seek international justice with a lawsuit against the government of Donald Trump. I have ordered this and I ask for all the support from the national general public, all the support for this international claim," Maduro noted, while being applauded by the crowd.

The US entered on February 7 the Venezuelan state airline Conviasa and its fleet on the sanctions list. US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Maduro’s regime relies on this company.

Parliament's speaker, Juan Guaido, declared himself the interim president of Venezuela at the end of January 2019 amid protests against Nicolas Maduro. The opposition accused Maduro of falsifying the results of the presidential election in which he won. Guaido was supported by the US and several European and Latin American countries. Russia, China and some other countries supported Maduro.