Addressing the annual meeting of Spanish ambassadors around the world, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stressed that there is no room for “half-measures or lukewarm condemnation” of the Pentagon operation to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in Caracas.
“We are going to help (…) and we are going to do so actively, drawing on the value that our country’s historical experience gives us, so that the future of Venezuela is decided by Venezuelans, not by a foreign country, not by outside interests,” the Prime Minister emphasized in his remarks at the Spanish Foreign Ministry.
“The violation of international law is always a defeat, fundamentally for democracies, even where they don’t exist, and it sets a dangerous precedent for global peace and security,” he argued.
Sanchez pointed out that “those who must decide the future of Venezuela are the Venezuelans, and that is what Spain will defend when that transition begins.”
The Prime Minister emphasized that Spain’s response is to redouble its commitment to multilateralism, defend the rules-based international order, and reaffirm the values and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.
In other news, Sanchez admitted that he is “crossing his fingers for the imminent signing of the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur,” which, he considered, would be a “giant step” in strengthening relations with Latin America.
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