Delcy Rodríguez reiterates that she negotiated with Spain the departure of González Urrutia

Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reiterated this Sunday that the government of Nicolás Maduro held extensive conversations with Spain for the Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia leaves Venezuelawhile the Spanish government denies that there has been a “political negotiation” with any compensation between the two countries.

“Extensive discussions and contacts took place to operationalize the departure of opposition leader González Urrutia from the country with the full guarantees offered by a safe-conduct pass, the product of the agreement between both governments,” said Delcy Rodríguez on her Telegram channel.

The official responded in this way to statements made by the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, to TVE, which He did not deny that there had been discussions on the subject.but did reject the existence of negotiations with counterparties.

Albares insisted that the asylum and transfer to Madrid was requested personally by Edmundo González; and the government of Pedro Sánchez approved it.

“There has been no political negotiation between the Spanish government and the Venezuelan government (…). The Spanish government has not provided any compensation for Edmundo González’s departure,” Albares said.

In this regard, the vice president stated that the landing of a Spanish Air Force aircraft in which Edmundo González traveled after the authorization of the Venezuelan aeronautical authorities was a “communicational event,” without referring to any compensation.

Delcy Rodríguez, who described the minister’s statement as “false,” insisted that Venezuela and Spain maintained the “relevant contacts” and, “in compliance with international law,” the opposition leader was granted safe passage..

42 days after the presidential elections, Albares reiterated his request to the electoral body to publish the voting records, as several foreign governments have requested, in order to clarify the questioned official result that gave Maduro reelection and that the opposition describes as fraudulent.

The opposition’s claim is based on the publication on a website of 83.5% of the electoral records that the anti-Chavez movement claims to have gathered from witnesses and polling station members, documents that the Executive describes as false.