The Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albareshas confirmed that Spain has already granted the Venezuelan opposition leader, Edmundo González Urrutia, the asylum status that he had requested after his arrival in Spain on September 8, and that You will be notified in the next few days.
Albares explained it in statements to journalists before speaking in the Senate’s Ibero-American Affairs committee.
According to what the minister said, he had a working breakfast this morning with González Urrutia to analyze both his personal situation and that of Venezuela and he conveyed to him the conclusions of the last European Council in relation to his country.
The 27, the minister recalled in this sense, have adopted unanimously request “a peaceful, democratic inclusive transition, respect for human rights and the release of all political prisoners.”
Regarding Edmundo González’s intention to go to Venezuela on January 10 to be sworn in as president, the minister has indicated that I was not going to reveal the “precise” details of the private conversation they have had and has referred to what he has already said about it on several occasions.
González Urrutia, through his “will mobilize all the tools at your disposal to support democracy and a peaceful and inclusive transition of Venezuela.”
News prepared by EFE
