The Minister of the Interior and Justice of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, specified that the study of reopening the embassies is to ensure the safety and tranquility of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores.
The Minister of the Interior and Justice of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, assured this Monday, January 12, that the progress towards the reopening of the embassies of Venezuela and the United States responds mainly to the protection of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
Both have been detained in US territory since January 3, accused of narcoterrorism crimes, after being captured in a military operation in Caracas.
“Progress is being made in the restart and opening of the Venezuelan embassies in the United States and the United States in Venezuela, this will allow us to have consular representation so that they can ensure the safety and tranquility of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia,” Cabello said in a press conference.
He also indicated that at this time there are no diplomatic officials from Venezuela in the United States who can assist the president and his wife, except for lawyers who, he said, are not Venezuelans.
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The main idea, Cabello continued, is to be able to ensure the “health and condition” of Maduro and Flores, as well as to continue advancing relations between both countries.
The Venezuelan authorities announced the beginning of an “exploratory process of a diplomatic nature” with the United States, aimed at the “reestablishment of diplomatic missions in both countries” and to address the consequences of the “kidnapping” of Maduro and Flores, captured on the 3rd by US military forces.
Delcy Rodríguez confirmed in a statement that, as Washington had previously announced, a delegation of diplomatic officials from the State Department arrived, who would 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 more details or the date of departure.
The US embassy closed in 2019 after Maduro himself declared bilateral relations with the United States broken.
Since then, Washington has managed matters related to Venezuela from its US External Office for Venezuela, which is located in its embassy in Bogotá.
With information from EFE
*Journalism in Venezuela is carried out in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments in place to punish the word, especially the laws “against hate”, “against fascism” and “against the blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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