Venezuela to review relations with G7 governments
The Venezuelan government announced this Tuesday that it would review its relations with the countries that make up the G7 due to the group’s recent statement. They support rival Edmundo González Urrutia as the winner of the July 28 election.In which President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner.
“We warn the G7 countries that this interventionist and arrogant attitude will not go unanswered,” he said in a statement. “Venezuela will comprehensively review its relations with each of the governments that make up the grouping, as there is no compromise on respect for national sovereignty,” he said in a statement. May go.” From the Ministry of External Affairs.
Caracas acknowledged that the group – composed of Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom – “Insists on portraying itself as the arbiter of global democracy while masking its political, economic and moral failuresSupporting genocide and promoting the spread of Nazi and fascist ideology in Europe and the world.”
“They are trying, from a colonialist and imperialist complex, to prepare the ground for ignoring the institutions and decisions of the Venezuelan people,” a Chavista executive called the “absurd announcement” in its response. The seven democracies are the most industrialized in the world.
For his part, Gonzalez Urrutia thanked the G7 for “its steadfast support for freedom” in the Caribbean country. In a publication in X, he also pointed out that this support is “a fundamental pillar to achieve a future where the sovereignty of the Venezuelan people is fully respected.”
G7 calls for release of political prisoners
The foreign ministers of this group made this demand on Tuesday Release of all “unjustly detained” political prisoners in Venezuela after the election, and added that they would continue to “support the efforts of regional partners” to bring about a democratic transition in the South American country ruled by Chavismo since 1999.
The final declaration of the G7 summit held in Italy stated, “On July 28, the Venezuelan people expressed themselves clearly in the elections, voting for democratic change and supporting Edmundo González Urrutia with a significant majority. Did.”
Similarly, G7 members said they were feeling “deeply troubled” for “continuous” Human rights violations and abuses Following the presidential elections, political opposition, civil society, and independent media suffered, with the official results being accused of fraud by the opposition supporting González Urrutia.