The message that the Spanish Foreign Minister sent to González

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of the Government of Spain, José Manuel Albares, has thanked the Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia for having defended the truth against what he described as slander, after denying having been coerced by the Spanish government to go into exile.

“Thank you Edmundo González Urrutia for defending the truth against slander and insults against Spain and its foreign service,” the minister posted in a message on X.

Albares added: “There are times when Alberto Núñez Feijóo and the PP should be in opposition and others when we should be one country.” “Spain is committed to democracy and human rights,” he concluded.

The opposition leader issued a statement in Madrid on Thursday in which he clarified that he had not been coerced by the Spanish government into being transferred and granted asylum in this country.

“I have not been coerced by the Spanish government or by the Spanish ambassador in Venezuela, Ramón Santos,” he says in the statement, which begins by justifying it “in light of the various versions circulating regarding alleged coercion by Spanish state officials.”

The opposition leader stressed that all the arrangements for his transfer “were supervised and facilitated directly by the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Alabares, ensuring my well-being and freedom of decision at all times.”.