Colombian President Gustavo Petro has indicated that the intention is to “re-acclimate a process” that allows, through dialogue between the different factions of society in Venezuela, to reach a democratic agreement. According to sources commented to international media, the end of the sanctions and the holding of elections were points of honor in the meeting on the sidelines of the EU-Celac summit
The presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and France met this Monday, July 17, in Brussels with the Venezuelan vice president Delcy Rodríguez and former mayor Gerardo Blydehead of the opposition delegation in the negotiation in Mexico, to unlock the dialogues between both political sectors, paralyzed since November 2022.
Alberto Fernández, Gustavo Petro, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and Emmanuel Macron participated in the meeting as a preamble to the summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), which brings together 60 people between Monday and Tuesday. countries with the ambition to strengthen and modernize the relationship and strengthen cooperation.
It was learned, through information from the Presidency of France, that in addition to bilateral issues, the issue of Venezuela was discussed, with holding elections and ending international sanctions against the country as points of honor between both parties.
Earlier, the Colombian President Gustavo Petro He pointed out that the intention is to “re-acclimatize a process” that allows, through dialogue between the different factions of society in Venezuela, to reach a democratic agreement.
According to reports from sources at the Planalto Palace and Itamaraty to Cnn in Spanishthe two themes permeated the debate table.
The meeting was considered by Brazilian diplomats as a demonstration that the Lula government’s strategy of not isolating Nicolás Maduro is correct, to the extent that it manages to mediate a negotiated solution.
On the opposition side, Blyde requested that a date be set for the presidential elections as well as the cessation of the disqualifications, which currently affect the leaders María Corina Machado, Henrique Capriles and Superlano, who have expressed their intention to be the opposition candidate to face to Maduro.
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