The president in charge from Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, He said on Friday that his response to the US attack against Venezuela will be in the field of diplomacy, the scenario where both countries will see each other face to face, after their government announced that the opening of embassies with Washington is being evaluated.
“Our response will be in the field of diplomacy and I said it: We are going to see each other face to face in diplomacy and we will go“s with our Bolivarian peace diplomacy to defend the peace of Venezuela,” Rodríguez declared, according to a note from EFE.
The president indicated that these contacts also seek to find ways to insist on what she called what they described as “aggression” by the United States against Venezuela, after the attack perpetrated last Saturday by US troops that left at least 100 dead and ended with the capture of Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores.
Venezuela earlier announced the start of an exploratory diplomatic process with the United States, aimed at reestablishing diplomatic missions in both countries and addressing the consequences of the detention of Maduro and his wife.
American diplomats
In a statement, the Venezuelan administration confirmed, as the United States had previously announced, that the country A delegation of diplomatic officials from the State Department arrived, who, he assured, will carry out technical and logistical evaluations inherent to the diplomatic function.
Likewise, he continued, a delegation of Venezuelan diplomats will travel to the United States. to carry out the corresponding tasks, without specifying further details or the departure date.
The United States government confirmed EFE that sent a delegation of diplomats in charge of ties with Venezuela to Caracas to explore the possibility of reopening the American embassy in the country.
“On January 9, American diplomatic and security personnel from the United States External Office for Venezuela (VAU), including Chargé d’Affaires John T. McNamara, traveled to Caracas to conduct an initial assessment with a view to a possible gradual resumption of operations,” a State Department official explained.
The american embassy, Located in Baruta, in the metropolitan district of Caracas, it closed in 2019 after Maduro himself declared bilateral relations with the United States broken.
