He stressed that the participation of Venezuela «has been successful, hand in hand with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, with the pro-tempore presidency of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which has done an excellent job for months to coordinate the position of our countries and we have presented ourselves before the European Union as a solid region.»
Regarding the climate crisis, Gil indicated that «after peace, the climate is the most important subject, it is the subject that generates the most concern in CELAC, therefore it requires greater commitments from the European Union to be able to advance«.
For this reason, he pointed out that during the summit, “the Latin American and Caribbean region has made it clear: The effects of climate change must be studied, worked on and, above all, there must be a commitment from large scientific, technological and industrial corporations” in order to reduce the effects of greenhouse gas emissions.
Regarding the unilateral coercive measures, he said that the Executive Vice President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, “explained in a masterly manner, the impact not only in Venezuela, but in the rest of our regional partners and partners in Europe.»
Regarding the national dialogue, the minister explained that, at the invitation of Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, “our vice president participated in a meeting, along with the President of Brazil, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva; the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández; the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and the high representative of the European Union, Josep Borrell”.
At that discussion table, together with a representative of the Opposition Unitary Platform, Gerardo Blyde, «were discussed all aspects that have to do with the political dialogue in Venezuela, and we must say that the first thing that became clear was the pernicious effect of the sanctions and we have seen how unanimously they have requested to advance in a scheme that eliminates the lifting of the sanctions, and from there begin to work on the construction of a political dialogue among Venezuelans.»
He stressed that «the solution to any kind of problem must be within the framework of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.»
