Brazilian FM asks Venezuelan colleague to let refugees go to Argentina
Vieira and Gil met in New York in the course of the United Nations Basic Meeting
Brazil’s Overseas Minister Mauro Vieira requested his Venezuelan counterpart Yván Gil for a safe-conduct for the six opposition leaders staying on the premises of what was once Argentina’s Embassy in Caracas however has been left as much as Itamaraty after the expulsion of Buenos Aires’ mission.
Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli, Humberto Villalobos, Claudia Macero, Omar González, Fernando Martínez, and Mottola Magalí Meda have remained there since March 20 after an arrest warrant was issued in opposition to them, ready for a protected passage to the airport to journey to Argentina, the place they’ve already been granted asylum by President Javier Milei’s Libertarian administration. They’re all shut collaborators of opposition chief María Corina Machado.
In keeping with CNN Brazil, Vieira made the request throughout a gathering in New York within the framework of the United Nations Basic Meeting. Gil replied that he would convey the request to President Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuelan authorities have been guarding the diplomatic mission and curring the electrical energy provide to the premises. Though Caracas stated it not acknowledged Brazil’s proper to symbolize Argentina’s pursuits within the nation, Itamaraty insisted it will solely go away as soon as one other nation is appointed to carry out this perform per worldwide regulation.
“I’m very grateful for Brazil’s willingness to take over the custody of the Argentine Embassy in Venezuela. We’re additionally grateful for the momentary illustration of the pursuits of the Argentine Republic and its residents there,” Milei wrote on X again then.
Maduro has expelled the diplomatic missions of Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay for not recognizing his victory within the July 28 elections amid fraud denunciations.
