Spain urged the member countries of the European Union (EU) to review the sanctions that they have imposed for years against Venezuela, especially since the US decided to make the coercive measures applied to the South American country more flexible, following the agreements reached through the dialogue between the government of Nicolás Maduro and the extremist wing of the opposition.
“I have intervened with my colleagues to propose studying the review of the EU sanctions on Venezuela, in line with recent US decisions, in that sense, and given the positive evolution of the dialogue between Venezuelans,” said this Monday the Chancellor of Spain, José Manuel Albares, in a press conference broadcast by EFE, after leaving a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers, held in Luxembourg.
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The Spanish official explained that after his request, the high representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, told him that he agreed with it and that the study on sanctions against Venezuela will be addressed and reviewed in “an upcoming Council of Foreign Affairs.”
Albares’ statements come a few days after the Maduro government and the so-called Unitary Platform, made up of various factions of the most radical or extreme right-wing opposition, reactivated the process of political dialogue and signed new agreements in Barbados. that establish “electoral guarantees for all” and the “protection of the vital interests of the nation.”
These pacts have been applauded by Washington, which has decided to temporarily suspend some unilateral sanctions against the South American country.
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Last week, Borrell, together with the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Mélanie Joly, and the United Kingdom, James Cleverly, issued a statement in which they stated that the agreement between the government and that opposition sector, was a “necessary step in the continuation of an inclusive dialogue process and the restoration of democracy in Venezuela.”
The representatives of these governments – which have promoted sanctions, blocked Venezuelan assets abroad, ignored Maduro’s legitimacy and supported Juan Guaidó’s parallel regime experiment – expressed that they supported for Venezuela “a peaceful negotiated result that leads to ” fair and competitive” elections.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares. Photo: RT.
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Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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