Foreign Ministers of Venezuela and Brazil review bilateral relations

The Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Yván Gil, and that of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, met this Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, in New York, where they talked about the relations between their countries, resumed in January 2023 with the return of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the Presidency of the South American giant.

«We held a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, within the framework of the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations. We have talked about bilateral relations, as well as regional and global geopolitics“Gil said on Telegram, without giving more details about the content of the meeting.

Tension between Venezuela and Brazil

This meeting took place at a time when Lula – a historic ally of Chavismo – has not yet recognized the supposed victory of Nicolás Maduro, proclaimed by the National Electoral Council (CNE) in the elections of July 28, whose results are still are unknown in a disaggregated manner.

Despite the “validation” of said re-election by the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Lula, like his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, believes that only full disclosure of the results will give complete “credibility” to the process.

For his part, Petro assured this Wednesday that his country and Brazil will not recognize Maduro’s victory if the minutes are not presented.

Last Monday, Gil met with his Colombian counterpart, Luis Gilberto Murillo, after which he assured, in a message published on Telegram, that Venezuela maintains “constant” communication channels with the Petro Executive.

Meanwhile, the majority anti-Chavismo – grouped in the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) – insists that its standard-bearer, Edmundo González Urrutia, was the winner of the elections, and to support its claim it published on a website the “83.5% of the minutes” that he claims to have collected on the day of the elections through people who were witnesses and polling station members.