The government of Nicolás Maduro did not mention in its statement, after the summit in Bogotá, the request made by the countries regarding the need for a schedule for “free and transparent elections”, where the recommendations of the Electoral Observation Mission are taken into account. (MOE) of the European Union of 2021
The administration of Nicolás Maduro, through a statement, reported that it “takes note” of the consensus reached by the international conference on the Venezuelan political process, held on the afternoon of this April 25 in Bogotá, Colombia, although it only mentioned the uprising of the sanctions, that funds be released to resume negotiations in Mexico and the release of businessman Alex Saab among their demands.
In a statement, Disseminated by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, the Maduro government reiterated the “prevailing need” for the lifting of “each and every one” of the sanctions imposed on the country. “In this sense, it demands the return of assets belonging to the Venezuelan State illegally withheld by foreign countries and financial institutions.”
But the Venezuelan government’s letter did not mention the request made by the countries on the need for a schedule for “free and transparent elections”, where the recommendations of the 2021 European Union Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) are taken into account. .
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The government pointed out that the way to advance in the political dialogue with a sector of the Venezuelan opposition “passes through full compliance with the commitment reached at the negotiating table in Mexico for the creation of a Social Fund that, with the release of resources belonging to the Venezuelan people, contemplates investments in health, education, public services and risk mitigation”.
Compliance with the social fund, managed by the United Nations and estimated at just over 3,000 million dollars, remains stagnant due to delays in the release of money that belongs to Venezuela and is deposited in accounts abroad.
According to the Unitary Platform, which brings together a sector of the Venezuelan opposition, the Maduro administration he has not done his part to identify and lift the restrictions on these monies, while Maduro and his delegates directly accuse the United States of block actions to recover the assets.
In addition, the Maduro administration included the release of Colombian businessman Alex Saab, imprisoned in the United States and whom Venezuela claims as one of its diplomats, within that path to continue with the negotiation.
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