By Deutsche Welle
Sep 24, 2024, 11:00 AM EDT
G7 foreign ministers meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York They called on the Venezuelan regime to “put an end to human rights violations” and expressed their outrage at the arrest warrant and threats against opposition candidate in the recent elections, Edmundo González Urrutia.
In a statement by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, as the G7’s representative, he expressed “deep concern about the situation in Venezuela, following the vote on 28 July” and stressed that the victory claimed by Nicolás Maduro “lacks credibility and democratic legitimacy, as indicated by the reports of the UN panel of experts and independent international observers, as well as data published by the opposition.”
The G7, made up of Italy, Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Japan and the United Kingdomagain called for “the election results to be complete and independently verified to ensure respect for the will of the Venezuelan people.”
He also “expressed his outrage at the arrest warrant and the constant security threats” against González Urrutia, “who decided to seek refuge in Spain” and said that according to “the independent reports mentioned above,” the candidate “seems to have obtained the most votes” on July 28.
They also urged “Venezuelan representatives to put an end to all human rights violations and abuses, arbitrary arrests and widespread restrictions on fundamental freedomswhich particularly affect the political opposition, human rights defenders and representatives of independent media and civil society.”
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