Venezuela: On 15 February the US along with 19 countries and the European Union (EU) met to
“reaffirm their commitment” to a Venezuelan-led negotiated solution to restore democracy in Venezuela. According to a US State Department press release, the participants welcomed the EU Election Observation Mission’s work and “
the importance of the comprehensive and incremental dialogue and negotiation framework launched on 13 August 2021, in Mexico City”, as
“important steps to shape a common understanding of conditions needed to foster credible, inclusive, and transparent legislative and presidential elections – the latter at the latest in 2024 – and to confirm their support for an inclusive, diverse, and unified democratic opposition in Venezuela”. Among other things the participants discussed the need for free and fair presidential elections; the immediate and unconditional release of all those arbitrarily detained and the independence of the judiciary. The participants further discussed the importance of “
urgently resuming inclusive negotiations in Mexico in good faith, in the spirit of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in Mexico City”.
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