Chancellor Mauro Vieira met, this Thursday (26), with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Yván Gil, to request safe conduct for the six Venezuelan opponents who are taking refuge in the Argentine embassy in Caracas, which is under responsibility of Brazil.
THE CNN found that the meeting, held without fanfare on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in New York, focused on the request for asylum seekers to leave Venezuela without problems, a demand made weeks ago by Brazilian interlocutors.
According to sources, the Venezuelan chancellor committed to transmitting and talking internally within the Maduro government about the Brazilian request.
The six opponents, members of opposition leader María Corina Machado’s team, have been at the Argentine embassy in Caracas since March, when arrest warrants were issued against them for alleged conspiracy plans against the government of Nicolás Maduro and the governor of the state of Táchira, Freddy Bernal.
Argentine representation has been under the responsibility of Brazil since the beginning of August, when Venezuela expelled Javier Milei’s diplomatic corps from Caracas. In early September, asylum seekers reported a police and intelligence agent siege of the embassy.
Maduro’s government tried to revoke authorization for Brazil to represent Argentine interests in the country, but Itamaraty responded that this could only be done after a new country was designated for the role.
On his social networks, the Venezuelan chancellor limited himself to saying that he spoke with Vieira about “bilateral relations, as well as regional and global geopolitics”.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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