Majority of Countries of
the World Uphold
Venezuela's
Sovereignty
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza meets with UN Secretary
General Antonio Guterres, February 22, 2019.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza held a
press
conference at the United Nations in New York City on February 22.
He informed that Venezuela is holding discussions with all those
seeking a
peaceful resolution to the situation, including UN Secretary
General Antonio Guterres, with whom Venezuela held a third
bilateral meeting earlier in the day. Arreaza pointed out that
nearly 60 member nations also met at the UN that day to advocate
for a peaceful resolution and to uphold the principles of the UN
Charter. They worked on a plan of action to reject aggression
against Venezuela and any sovereign people, including at
the Security Council, the Human Rights Council and the General
Assembly. The Bolivarian government is also seeking dialogue with
the U.S. and the opposition forces, to find a peaceful solution
to the current problems.
 "We want peace and
dialogue; we are sitting at the
table and
we have not gotten up. Members of the opposition and of the
National Assembly, we are here to talk. There is a constitution,
let's look for a peaceful solution,"Arreaza said.
He also pointed out that various intrigues
against the
Maduro
government are in the works. For example, a draft resolution of
the Lima Group has been prepared by the U.S. for approval on
Monday, February 25, that anticipates events that have not yet
even occurred. The U.S. is not even an official member of this
treacherous Lima Group ,which Canada has cobbled together under
its command.
Arreaza expressed the hope that the U.S. and the
opposition
forces it supports "do not carry out false flag operations on the
weekend." In this vein, Arreaza rejected media attempts to
attribute violence against the people to the Bolivarian Armed
Forces.
"The Armed Forces are characterized by their
humanism."
They
would never act against their own people but are "ready to
protect national sovereignty," he said. He reminded the media of
how the U.S. military attacked the Dominican Republic in 1965 and
imposed a dictatorship under the same guise of sending
"humanitarian aid."
Regarding the "humanitarian aid" that the
opposition
forces
will attempt to forcibly bring into Venezuela on February 23,
Arreaza
said this aid would better serve suffering children in Colombia.
He reiterated Venezuela's willingness to cooperate with the UN
system so that the country can buy food and medicines with UN
support, on the basis of humanitarian technical cooperation, not
false "humanitarian aid."
Arreaza also called on international media to not
lend
themselves to U.S. disinformation for aggression.
"In the case of Venezuela there is a great media
war,
not
only economic and political," he said and called on journalists
to properly investigate and get to the bottom of the news, saying
they "must be professionals and responsible in arriving at the
truth."
Spokespersons for the Foreign Ministries of China
and
Russia
stated that the U.S. must not use the pretext of
humanitarian aid to stage a provocation in Venezuela.
In the evening of February 22, Venezuelan Vice
President
Delcy Rodriguez tweeted, "The Bolivarian Government informs
the population that, due to the serious and illegal threats
attempted by the Colombian Government against the peace and
sovereignty of Venezuela, it has taken the decision of a
temporary total closure of the Simón Bolívar,
Santander
and Unión
bridges!" She added that the government "gives full guarantees to
the Venezuelan and Colombian people for safe border crossings. As
soon as the disruptive acts of violence against our people and
our territory are brought under control, normalcy at the border
will be restored!"
This article was published in
Volume 49 Number 6 - February
23,
2019
Article Link:
Majority of Countries of
the World Uphold
Venezuela's
Sovereignty
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