Spain has taken charge of the Dominican Republic’s international interests in Venezuela following Nicolás Maduro’s decision to expel Dominican diplomats from the South American country, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares announced.
As of Monday (yesterday), “it is Spain that is responsible for the international interests of this sister Republic (Dominican Republic). Spain will always be available to all the countries and all the sister peoples of Latin America,” the minister stressed during an appearance in the Senate.
In addition, the Spanish Foreign Minister explained that he has been in contact with both the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yvan Gil, and the opposition leaders, María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia.
Albares spoke with González Urrutia, who claims to be the winner of the July 28 elections based on the voting records published by the opposition, on Monday to try to promote a dialogue that will allow an end to the crisis unleashed since the last presidential elections.
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Albares has also had contact with the foreign ministers of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Chile and Panama, as well as the Dominican Republic, to assess the situation in Venezuela.
The Caracas government has triggered a diplomatic crisis with seven countries, including the Dominican Republic, following its questioning of the transparency and fairness of the July 28 elections in which, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE), which has not published the voting records table by table, Nicolás Maduro was re-elected for a third term.
The opposition Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) considers the official election result to be “fraudulent.”
After their leaders expressed concern about the electoral process, Maduro’s government demanded that Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay “immediately withdraw their representatives from Venezuelan territory” and announced the withdrawal of its representatives from those nations.
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In his appearance before the Senate, Albares insisted on Tuesday that, from the first day after the presidential elections in Venezuela, the Government of Pedro Sánchez has demanded the publication of the electoral records and transparency and has maintained a “firm and unwavering commitment to democracy and respect for human rights in Venezuela.”
The minister has assured that the Government is working “with diligence, leadership and responsibility” and has asked the opposition, led by the conservative Popular Party, to also act responsibly.
Madrid / EFE
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2024-08-14 23:45:00
