IDB accuses China of rejecting one delegate

WASHINGTON – The Board of Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has decided to cancel its annual meeting in Chengdu.

China

, before Beijing refused to grant a visa to Ricardo Haussmann, representative of the president in charge of

Venezuela

Juan Guaidó.

The advice of the Inter-American Development Bank (
The IDB) and the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the arm of the private sector of the agency, have decided that the annual meeting of the two institutions "will not be held in Chengdu, People's Republic of China, the 28 as of March 31, 2019, "he said. IDB in a statement.

Two IDB sources indicated
THE NATION The directors' decision was mainly motivated by the Chinese government's refusal to grant Hausmann a visa so that he could attend the meeting. Hausmann was appointed representative of Venezuela in mid-month before the IDB, which became the first international organization in Washington to officially recognize

Guaidó

as the legitimate president of the Caribbean nation.

China has been one of the main international allies of the

Nicolás Maduro

, which deepened commercial and financial ties with Beijing. In turn,

United States

it is the main international support of Guaidó. Both form the group of 22 members of 48 agencies that do not take out any loans.

The IDB has only issued a brief two-paragraph statement in which it reports the surprise cancellation and indicates that the boards of the two organizations will make "recommendations" regarding the venue of the annual meeting "in a period of 30 days ".

"The IDB expresses its willingness to work with Venezuela's interim President, Juan Guaidó, to ensure the continuity of our support for the development of the Venezuelan people," IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno tweeted on 23 January.