Argentina joined a joint declaration from twelve countries presented this Wednesday at the Organization of American States (OAS) to demand that the Venezuelan government “immediately grant” safe passages for the six opponents asylum in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.
The initiative was presented during an extraordinary session of the OAS Permanent Council, in which the Argentine Foreign Minister participated Gerardo Werthein, who asked the regional organization to promote the declaration “with firmness and determination.”
“If there is an issue that does not allow delays or hesitation, it is the situation in Venezuela, where the systematic violation of human rights has been verified by the American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR),” he said Werthein.
“These people persecuted for political reasons resorted to the right of asylum to protect their lives and integrity. However, The Venezuelan government has not only denied the safe passage that would allow their safe exit, but has also adopted totally unacceptable harassment actions.“, denounced the Argentine foreign minister.
“The aforementioned countries declare their willingness to demand that the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela immediately proceed to grant the necessary safe-conduct permits that allow the safe, dignified and unrestricted departure of the six Venezuelan citizens “who enjoy diplomatic asylum to a safe territory,” says the statement presented by the representative of Paraguay to the OAS, Raúl Florentín.
The declaration was supported by the delegations of Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic, Suriname and Uruguay.
Brazil’s position
Brazil It did not support the joint declaration, but maintains its own efforts to achieve safe passage. Your Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieiraassured that his country works “to enable the granting of safe conduct.”
Vieira recalled that “any breach of the standards established in the Vienna Convention “It would imply a serious violation of international law.”
The situation of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas
Currently, in the residence of the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, six Venezuelan dissidents are asylum who ask for a “safe passage” to be able to leave the country without being detained, which has until now been denied.
Since the expulsion of the Argentine diplomats, ordered by the government of Nicolás Madurothe headquarters is under the custody of the Brazilian government.
One of the six asylum seekers in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas, the Venezuelan opponent Pedro Urruchurtureported on his Instagram account that “the police siege has intensified” to the diplomatic residence, which began on November 23.
Source: Ambito
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