The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, thanked the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Edmundo González Urrutia, for defended the truth against the slander against Spainafter denying having been forced into exile by the Spanish government.
“Thank you Edmundo González Urrutia for defending the truth against has slander and insults against Spain and its foreign service,” the minister published in a message on X.
Albares added: “There are times when there is opposition between Alberto Núñez Feijóo and the PP and others when we have to be one country“Spain is committed to democracy and human rights,” he concluded.
The leader of the opposition in Venezuela and candidate for the presidency of his country in the elections of July 28 issued a statement in Madrid on Thursday in which he clarified that he had not been forced by the Spanish government to be transferred and granted asylum in that country.
“I was not forced by the Spanish government or by the Spanish ambassador to Venezuela, Ramón Santos,” ” he said in the statement in which he begins by justifying it “in the face of the different versions that circulate regarding the alleged coercion exercised by officials of the Spanish State.”
González Urrutia emphasizes that all the modalities of his transfer “were supervised and facilitated directly by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Alabares, ensuring at all times their well-being and their freedom of decision”.
