The relationship between Spain and Venezuela continues to be tense after the Spanish Congress of Deputies adopted a proposal calling for the Pedro Sanchez’s government that recognizes the victory of Edmundo Gónzalez Urrutiawho is declared the winner of the presidential electionsIn response, Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez on Thursday asked the Foreign Policy Commission to draft a resolution to urge the Executive Branch to cut all diplomatic and consular relations with the European country.
In the last few hours, Spain also agreed to provide Gonzalez Urrutia asylumopposition leader who faced Nicolás Maduro in the presidential elections. “Let all representatives of the delegation of the government of the Kingdom of Spain leave here! and all the consulates and all the consuls and we bring our own from there!” Rodríguez said during a plenary session.
The tense relationship between Spain and Venezuela
In light of the decision of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, Rodríguez called for the Permanent Commission on Venezuelan Foreign Policy to meet and draft a resolution that the plenary “approve peremptorily” to ask the “Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to immediately break off all diplomatic, commercial and consular relations” with the European country.
In addition, the legislative leader demanded the return of Venezuelan diplomatic representatives in Spain and the expulsion of Spanish peers from the territory of Venezuela.
The Venezuelan politician’s response came in response to the recent statement by the Spanish Congress, which recognized the former candidate Gonzalez Urrutia as the winner of the presidential elections. The Chamber marked its position regarding the Venezuelan political crisis after having gathered the favorable support from 177 deputies.
For Rodriguez, Spain’s decision is “equivalent to a declaration of war” against the government of Nicolas Maduro. “And if they do not respect, What need do we have for diplomatic relations?“, he said.
Nicolás Maduro spoke about the exile of Edmundo González Urrutia
Nicolás Maduro referred to the exile of his electoral rival, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia and assured that “respect“his decision to have gone to Spain. The opposition leader left the country after the prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for alleged conspiracy and usurpation of functions.
“I can tell Ambassador González Urrutia, with whom I have had a tough confrontation after July 29, that I have been attentive to all this and I understand the step he has taken and I respect it, I hope you do well on your journey and in your new life.“the president said.
It was the Venezuelan vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, who confirmed the news of the opposition’s departure. “Today, September 7, the opposition citizen Edmundo González Urrutia has left the country, having voluntarily seeking refuge in the embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Caracas for several days, He requested political asylum from that government“, he detailed on his social networks.
“Venezuela has granted the necessary safe-conducts for the sake of the country’s tranquility and political peace,” Rodríguez said in his message.
Source: Ambito
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