Spain celebrates the partial agreement between the Venezuelan Government and the opposition

The Government of Spain has celebrated the partial agreement reached between the Executive of Venezuela and the opposition regarding the holding of presidential elections in 2024 after the meeting held in Barbados and has encouraged the parties to maintain dialogue.

In a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it celebrated that “a partial agreement has been reached on the promotion of political rights and electoral guarantees in view of the presidential elections scheduled for the second half of 2024.”

“Spain supports an agreement between Venezuelans, which results in the improvement of the well-being of its citizens and their coexistence,” said the department headed by José Manuel Albares, encouraging the Government of Nicolás Maduro and the opposition “to deepen their dialogue and consolidate the agreed”.

The agreement reached by the negotiating teams of the Government and the opposition at the meeting in Barbados, the first in almost a year between the parties, includes “the right of every political party to choose its candidate for the presidential elections freely and in accordance to its internal mechanisms”.

Likewise, it is established that the elections will take place in the second half of 2024, and it is anticipated that international observers will be invited, among others from the European Union, among other issues.

Source: dpa

(Referential image source: Ronal Labrador, Unsplash)

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