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On the occasion of the meeting this Friday in Paris between delegates of the Venezuelan government and the opposition under the aegis of France, Argentina and Colombia with a view to relaunching a new round of negotiations in Mexico, RFI interviewed delegates from both parties, as well as the president Petro, whose government calls for “a general amnesty and a general unlocking of the Venezuelan economy,” among other points.
The organization of free elections in 2024 in Venezuela and the lifting of sanctions are some of the issues that could be addressed, if new negotiations take place in Mexico.
Both the government and the opposition indicated that they were willing to do so in order to get that country out of the political, economic and social crisis in which it finds itself.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who attended the meeting between delegates of the Venezuelan government and the opposition at the Paris Forum for Peace, detailed what his government is asking for to make this dialogue a reality.
“Undoubtedly there is progress, a development of the negotiating tables in Mexico (between the government and the opposition). On our part (from Colombia) it was requested that there be a de-escalation of the political conflict in terms of the entry of Venezuela into the inter-American system of human rights, a general amnesty, a general unlocking of the Venezuelan economy”.
The context seems favorable for a resumption of negotiations. Despite the crisis, there are no major confrontations in the streets and the Maduro government, which left the negotiating table a year ago, is willing to return. This indicated to RFI Jorge Rodríguez, delegate of the ruling party at the microphone of Andreina Flores:
“We have been very frank. We have said that we are in the best position to advance in a general agreement and that this position requires that the international community, the so-called ‘international community’, truly understand that with a gun to the head, and Venezuela has 762 revolvers to the head, 762 sanctions against our businessmen, against our oil industry, against our airlines, against our agricultural products, against our travelers, against the right of a Venezuelan to travel anywhere in the world. Therefore, every discussion event, every dialogue event and every negotiation event necessarily happens because those aggressive events (sanctions) are lifted. That’s what we also talk about in this process.”
And while the Venezuelan government demands a lifting of the economic sanctions against the Maduro regime, the opponent Gerardo Blyde, a former deputy, accompanied by representatives of other opposition parties, recalled the points that had been agreed upon in the negotiations in the Mexican capital. :
“We have also received the unrestricted support of President Macron for a negotiation process like the one signed in Mexico City last year to take place. He has a memorandum of understanding and a very clear agenda for the benefit of the Venezuelan population, firstly, which is our north. And, secondly, to restore democratic freedoms, the rule of law, the reinstitutionalization of the country. All of this was discussed.”
The delegates have not yet set a specific date to reopen negotiations, but the leaders of France, Colombia and Argentina insist on agreeing a way out of the crisis with a view to the 2024 presidential elections.
