Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reiterated this Sunday that Venezuela held “extensive talks” with Spain regarding the departure from the Caribbean country of the standard-bearer of the largest anti-Chavez coalition, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiawhile the Spanish Government denies “political negotiation” with any “compensation” between the two countries.
“Extensive conversations and contacts took place to operationalize the departure of the opposition member Gonzalez Urrutia of the country with the full guarantees offered by a pass product of the agreement between both governments,” he said. Rodríguez on his Telegram channel.
The official responded in this way to statements by the Spanish Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares to TVE, which did not deny that there had been conversations on the subject, but did reject the existence of negotiations with counterparties, and He insisted that the asylum and transfer to Madrid was requested personally by the anti-Chavez activist, and the Government of Pedro Sánchez granted it.
“There has been no political negotiation between the Government of Spain and the Government of Venezuela. (…). The Government of Spain does not provide any compensation for Edmundo González’s departure,” he said. Albares.
In this regard, the Vice President He stated that “it is a communication fact” the landing of “a Spanish Air Force aircraft” where the leader of the anti-Chavez movement traveled after the “authorization of the aeronautical authorities of Venezuela”, without referring to any counterparties either.
Rodríguez, who described the minister’s statement as “false,” insisted that Venezuela and Spain maintained the “relevant contacts.” and, “in compliance with international law,” the opponent was granted safe conduct.
After 42 days of the presidential elections, Albares The opposition reiterated its request to the electoral body to publish the voting records, as several foreign governments have requested, in order to clarify the questioned official result that gave Maduro re-election and that the opposition describes as “fraudulent.”
The opposition’s claim is based on the publication on a website of 83.5% of the electoral records that the anti-Chavez movement claims to have gathered from witnesses and polling station members, documents that the Executive describes as “false.”