The Venezuelan ambassador to Brazil, Manuel Vadell, announced that he is returning to the city of Brasilia to continue his work serving the Venezuelan community residing in that country, reports EFE.
Vadell himself announced his return to Brasilia in a video published by the X account of the Venezuelan embassy in the Brazilian capital, two weeks after being called for consultations in the midst of diplomatic tensions between both countries.
The national government summoned the ambassador on October 30 after rejecting the “interference and rude” statements by senior officials of the Brazilian government in relation to the elections and Brazil’s decision to veto Venezuela’s entry into the group of countries associated with the Brics.
Diplomat Vadell reported that starting next Monday, November 18, users who processed passports between August 24 and November 1, 2024, will be able to withdraw the document.
On the other hand, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, stated that his nation cannot commit the “mistakes that we made at the time of the self-proclamation” of former deputy Juan Guaidó as president and completely ruled out a break in diplomatic relations between the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with Venezuela.
After a few weeks of Brazil’s controversial veto with Venezuela’s entry into the Brics, Vieira assured, “it does not mean that Brazil should break relations with Venezuela.”
In a session of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Commission of Congress, he noted that they continue to support conversations and understanding with the nation by pointing out “dialogue and negotiation and not isolation are the key to any peaceful solution in Venezuela.”
Last Monday, November 11, the Brazilian president, for his part, ended the dispute over the Brics veto where he stated that his counterpart Nicolás Maduro is a Venezuelan situation and not a Brazilian one.
Vieira confirmed that the authorities of both countries continue to maintain contacts, the latest ones being this week with his Venezuelan counterpart, Yván Gil, and maintained that “peaceful and respectful relations with our twelve neighbors are the heritage of Brazilian foreign policy. Brazil recognizes States, not governments,” as he also stated during an interview with the Redes television network.
