Lima group meets in Buenos Aires to maintain international pressure – Telam

The Foreign Ministers of the member countries of the Lima Group, the multilateral body that is urging the Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro in search of a solution to the political crisis, will hold a new meeting with the l '. Argentina today.

The meeting in Buenos Aires, number XV of the Group, will be the first since July 5, report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in which Caracas was asked to finish " serious violations of rights "in the country.

The ministerial appointment, in the liberating lobby of the San Martín Palace since the 9th, will aim to "continue coordinating efforts to restore democracy in Venezuela," the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

On this occasion, in addition to Argentina, the representatives of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana and Peru will participate, as well as senior representatives of the Governments of Canada and Honduras. , Panama, Paraguay and Saint Lucia ", said the release

The last meeting of the group of more than a dozen countries was held in Guatemala City on June 6th. The nations then called on the group to intensify international pressure on Maduro to seek a "peaceful" solution. Dialogue "to the crisis, considered a threat to regional peace.

On Saturday, Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie said it was incumbent on the Group to maintain international pressure to reach a solution to the crisis in Venezuela.

Faurie pointed out that the forum was a pioneer with regard to "the illegitimacy of the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro" and, with his successive statements, allowed nearly fifty countries to support the opposition led by Juan Guaidó.

For its part, Maduro described Bachelet's report as "partial" and "serious methodological errors".