The Vatican received a delegation from Juan Guaidó and reiterated the need to find a "just and peaceful" solution

The Vatican received on Monday a Venezuelan delegation sent by Juan GuaidóHe stressed the need to find a "just and peaceful" solution to the crisis in the country, in a message in which he maintained his neutrality in the face of the confrontation between the Chavez regime and the opposition.

The Vatican expressed his "deep concern" and advocated that "you are urgently a just and peaceful solution to overcome the crisis, in the respect for human rights and seeking the good of all the inhabitants of the land, avoid a bloodbath"The spokesman for the Holy See, Alessandro Gisotti, said in a statement:" This statement is very similar to that expressed by Pope Francis at the end of his tour in Panama.

The A Venezuelan delegation was received at the Secretariat of State, especially by the "number three" in the organization chart of the Holy See, the Venezuelan also Edgar Peña Parra, according to Efe, sources close to the delegation.

"The proximity of the Holy Father and the Holy See with the Venezuelan people has been reiterated, especially for those who suffer," the spokesman added.

The delegation, which was due to meet with Italian Vice-President Matteo Salvini on Monday, is composed of Francisco Sucre, president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly (whose president is Guaidó), Rodrigo Diamanti, its representative in Europe. for humanitarian aid, the deputy Gabriel Gallo and the former mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma.

The Venezuelan delegation was sent to Rome to try to obtain recognition from Italy, one of the few countries in the European Union not to recognize Mr. Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela, after Nicolás Maduro refused to call new presidential elections after the questionnaires of May 2018.

(With EFE information)