Maduro regime attacked Pedro Sánchez for Spanish foreign minister’s visit to Colombia-Venezuela border

The Nicolás Maduro regime in Venezuela, through its vice-president Delcy Rodríguez, on Friday launched a harsh message against the government of Pedro Sánchez in Spain for a trip that Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya has planned for the next week in Colombia to see the situation and needs of Venezuelan immigrants hosted in the border town of Cúcuta.

“Sánchez’s government inherits extremism from Trump, harbors a terrorist and notorious extremists in Spain, and hinges on Iván Duque’s coup and destabilization plans against Venezuela from Colombia!” 200 years after Carabobo, they continue with their anachronistic imperial claims! “, Rodríguez wrote on his Twitter account. In his post, he included a link to news of the forthcoming transfer of the Spanish Foreign Minister and also attacked the Colombian president.

González Laya will travel to Bogotá on February 25 and on February 27 he will travel to the Norte de Santander region to learn more about the reception arrangements for the thousands of Venezuelans who cross the border daily.Ministerial sources reported on Friday.

The Spanish Foreign Minister also plans to meet Colombian President Iván Duque and Foreign Minister Claudia Blum, with whom she will also hold political consultations to promote bilateral relations.

González Laya also plans to meet with representatives of institutions resulting from the peace agreements with guerrillas, local authorities and Spanish companies and NGOs, the sources detailed.

On Saturday 27, he will travel to Cúcuta to “show Spain’s solidarity and commitment with Colombia’s efforts to manage the arrival of 1.72 million Venezuelans in recent years ”, and to recognize the “very generous” initiative implied by the recently approved temporary protection status that Colombia will grant to all Venezuelan emigrants.

The Colombian initiative, approved in early February, has been met with praise from the international community and criticism from Nicolás Maduro, who believes that Duque is trying to “wash his face” in front of other governments.

On February 8, the Colombian president announced that his country will legally welcome some two million Venezuelan immigrants, regular or irregular, with a temporary protection status which will be valid for ten years.

According to data from Migración Colombia, Until December 31, there were 1.72 million Venezuelan migrants in this country, of which about a million are undocumented, in addition to about 800,000 who are in their regularized situation.

The Colombian government’s measure has been applauded by various governments, international organizations and even by Pope Francis.

With information from EFE

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