Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaking on the phone. File photo.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had a telephone conversation with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, where he informed the UN chief about the aggressions and destabilization attempts against Venezuela through the hiring of mercenaries to invade the country and carry out assassinations.
President Maduro also alerted Guterres about the promotion and collection of funds on social media by mercenaries, encouraging people to donate towards attacks against Venezuela.
The UN secretary-general expressed that “the United Nations organization has expressed its opposition to the application of the policy of regime change in any part of the world, as well as any action of intervention in internal affairs that affect the sovereignty and self-determination of nations.”
This was reported by the Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Ministry through a statement on Friday, September 20, stating that the two leaders agreed on supporting the consultations among different political, social, and economic sectors promoted by the Venezuelan government and maintaining communication at the highest level.
An unofficial translation of the statement is provided below:
Today, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, held a friendly and fraternal telephone conversation with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres. They addressed the global political situation, especially that of Venezuela following the destabilization attempts and conspiracies promoted from US territory with the complacency of its government, flagrantly violating international law and the United Nations Charter while also receiving support from Latin American and European ultra-right extremism, which, fortunately, have been contained and neutralized by the action of Venezuelan democratic institutions.
President Nicolás Maduro has reiterated the contents of the letter sent to the Secretary-General in recent days, detailing the aggressions against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its institutions, which included attacks on people and public and private service facilities that resulted in a regrettable death toll of 27 after the far-right refused to recognize the electoral results of July 28.
Likewise, the Venezuelan president warned about the attempts of external aggression through the hiring of mercenaries to invade the country and carry out assassination attempts. These mercenaries are publicly threatening national stability on social media, where they are even promoting the collection of funds to carry out attacks against the institutionality of Venezuela.
Secretary-General Guterres stated that the United Nations has expressed its opposition to the application of the policy of regime change in any part of the world as well as any act of intervention in internal affairs that affect the sovereignty and self-determination of nations, advocating for the promotion of dialogue among Venezuelans under the protection of constitutional institutions.
Both officials agreed to support the consultations among different political, social, and economic sectors promoted by the Venezuelan government and to dispel all threats of destabilization in Venezuela.
They further agreed to maintain communication at the highest level between Venezuela and the UN Secretariat, which must address the major challenges facing the organization in an increasingly complex global scenario in terms of security and development.
Caracas, September 20, 2024
(Últimas Noticias) by Aura Torrealba
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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