The Qatari authorities are “communicating with all parties” but that, for the moment, Doha is not “doing anything officially about it”
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Majed al Ansari, stated this Sunday, December 7, that his country is “waiting” for the parties or other States to ask Doha to act as a mediator between the United States and Venezuela, at a time of maximum tension in the face of possible action by Washington against the Caribbean country.
“We are waiting for someone to ask us,” Al Ansari said in a meeting with journalists on the sidelines of the Doha Forum, where he assured that The Qatari authorities are “communicating with all parties” but that, for the moment, Doha is not “doing anything officially about it.”
The Qatari spokesperson recalled that in recent years the Persian Gulf country has held talks between Venezuela and the United States to reach an agreement to exchange prisoners, while he stated that Qatar maintains its “commitment to that process if necessary.”
In December 2023, the United States handed over to Caracas Colombian businessman Alex Saab—a close collaborator of Nicolás Maduro, who was facing federal charges for the alleged laundering of up to $350 million in fraud—in exchange for the release of 10 Americans and twenty Venezuelan political prisoners.
According to Maduro, who welcomed Saab with hugs, Qatar was the facilitator between Caracas and Washington. For its part, Doha celebrated the success of its mediation and stated that its efforts would continue to resolve the “pending issues” between both countries.
Al Ansari recalled that his country mediated and hosted last Friday the start of peace talks between Colombia and the Gulf Clan, the largest criminal gang in the South American nation, while he indicated that Doha is obtaining “many results from that region to carry out many of these mediations between groups and countries.”
“We are considering many of these requests at this time,” Al Ansari stated, without specifying, and shortly before insisting that his country is mediating in “more than 10” conflicts in the world.
The United States maintains a military deployment in the Caribbean, under the argument of combating drug trafficking, but which Caracas has denounced as a “threat” that seeks to promote a change of Government.
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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