The Costa Rican foreign minister said he did not know why the Venezuelan deputy Iris Varela spoke of a parliamentary friendship group between the two countries and ratified that they recognize Juan Guaidó, although he did explain that they are constantly evaluating relations with Venezuela.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, Arnoldo André Tinoco, ruled out on Thursday, November 17, that the government of that Central American country maintain “formal or informal” communication with the administration of Nicolás Maduro through a friendship group between parliaments. from both countries.
Tinoco, who was summoned to a hearing with the deputies of the Foreign Relations and Foreign Trade Commission of the Costa Rican Congress, stated that relations with Venezuela are in “constant relationship” but that they still continue to recognize Juan Guaidó as interim president. from the South American country.
Similarly, he denied knowing the reason for the statements offered by the deputy of the National Assembly elected in December 2020, Iris Varela, about an alleged formation of a friendship group between the deputies of both countries.
In mid-October, Varela led an act at the Federal Legislative Palace for the installation of the aforementioned group, stating then that “our parliamentarians have the mission of continuing to bring the truth of Venezuela throughout the world, and in this particular to the Costa Rican people.” .
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Then, the pro-government legislator said she recognized the “courage and gallantry” of Costa Rica for having endured a “bad behavior” by the so-called interim government and the Venezuelan opposition: while stressing that the friendship group was headed by Julio García Zerpa, according to review VTV.
Since 2019, the Costa Rican government, led on that occasion by Carlos Alvarado, broke diplomatic relations with Caracas and Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly elected in 2015, was recognized as the interim president of Venezuela.
Foreign Minister Tinoco’s statements are known after the President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, reaffirmed the tuesday november 15 that Venezuela “is a dictatorship” and that its government did not change its position despite having appointed a new ambassador to that country.
“The only thing we did was appoint an ambassador. We have in Cuba, we have in other countries, the military attache never stopped being there, we had a person in charge of the Embassy who served as ambassador,” the president explained at a press conference, after participating in the inauguration of the harvest. of wheat in the department of Soriano, southwest of Uruguay.
With information from The nation /
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