Borrell conveys to Edmundo González the need to “enforce the will of the Venezuelan people”

BRUSSELS Nov. 13 () –

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, met this Wednesday with the opposition presidential candidate of Venezuela, Edmundo González, to whom he conveyed the need to “enforce the will of the Venezuelan people.”

This is what González himself has stated on his social networks, where he has assured that Borrell has expressed himself in these terms during his “long meeting” after Borrell’s last plenary session as a representative of community diplomacy before handing over the baton to the Estonian Kaja. Kallas.

“We Venezuelans have allies, very strong allies, to rescue the democracy of our country,” Goznález stressed in a publication on his social networks in which he added a photograph of his meeting with Borrell.

“We had a long meeting after what may have been the last plenary session in the European Parliament. We Venezuelans have allies, very strong allies, to rescue democracy in our countries,” González also stated on his social networks, where he shared an image of the meeting with Borrell.

Previously, the veteran Venezuelan diplomat has met, separately, with MEPs from the PP and the PSOE in the European Parliament in a visit that comes just over a month after he receives the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Conscience.

“We continue to take steps towards democracy in Venezuela. Today we receive in the European Parliament the elected president of Venezuela and the 2024 Sakharov Prize winner,” said the head of the ‘popular’ in the European Parliament, Dolors Montserrat, after a meeting with the Venezuelan leader. , who is recognized by the European Parliament as president-elect.

Meanwhile, in his conversation with socialist MEPs, the veteran diplomat discussed “in an open and close manner” about the situation and “future” of Venezuela, the socialist parliamentarian, Hana Jalloul, explained in a message on social networks.

The European Parliament has recognized Edmundo González along with the opposition leader, María Corina Machado, with the Sakharov Prize for the fight for democracy of the Venezuelan opposition against the regime of Nicolás Maduro. He is expected to collect the award at a ceremony at the last plenary session of the year in Strasbourg.

González appeared in the Venezuelan presidential elections on July 28 as an opposition candidate against Maduro, who at the end of the elections claimed his victory based on the results of the electoral bodies and amid complaints from the opposition for a possible case of fraud.

A large part of the international community has come forward to demand that the Maduro government publish the electoral records to demonstrate its victory, although the data has not been provided from Caracas. The situation is such that some countries have come to recognize González as Venezuelan president.