Our country rejects all coercive mechanisms used against Venezuela and sister countries such as Cuba and Nicaragua, the diplomat affirmed in his speech at the XXIII. Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) based in Argentina.
He reiterated that these unilateral coercive measures, blockades and systematic sieges in these CELAC member countries, as in any part of the world, have their direct impact on the deterioration of people’s lives.
The head of Bolivarian diplomacy reflected on what is being said about Venezuelan migration on the continent and disputed the numbers they handle, he said, institutions that claim to be dealing with the issue of migration.
In practice, he stressed, they show they are very biased in their assessments, citing numbers that “we don’t see anywhere” and which his country says could be “up to seven times less.”
Faría stressed that the cause of these migrations lies in the use of unilateral, illegal and criminal coercive measures against Venezuela with the aim of overthrowing constitutional President Nicolás Maduro, which is unacceptable, he said.
He recalled that as part of the pressure from the United States, embassies and consulates have been closed and in some cases taken away when a situation like the one mentioned above needs to be addressed.
The Venezuelan foreign minister explained that the same sanctions prevent progress in sub-regional agreements such as those of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America and the Peoples’ Trade Agreement and are related to energy supplies, as in the case of Petrocaribe.
In the not so distant past, we had agreements with many of the countries that are here that affect our political position, but they could not be carried out precisely because of the application of these illegal measures, he noted.
In another part of his speech, the diplomat called for strengthening inclusive multilateralism at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic and war in Europe have exacerbated inequalities.
Stressing that other threats to the peace, stability of our nations and well-being of their people linger today, he insisted on the need to further defend the principles of international law enshrined in the UN Charter and in the statements of the CELAC President
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