The Spanish foreign minister in functions, José Manuel García-Margallo, insisted today that Spain has offered the possibility of leading a fund humanitarian aid for Venezuela with the aim of helping a population that is "extremely needy".
García-Margallo made the remarks at the press conference offered alongside his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic in Belgrade.
On 20 May in Brussels the head of the Spanish diplomacy and recalled the willingness of Spain to create a trust fund to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs, which "can not be interpreted as an act of hostility but of friendship towards a country with which we are very close. "
The Spanish minister said Tuesday that a "gigantic political crisis" in Venezuela and a "deadlock" because the "modified in their final moments," Superior Court states systematically unconstitutional all decisions addressed by the National Assembly.
"This political crisis deepens the economic crisis that had plagued Venezuela," he said.
In his view, "the economic crisis has become a humanitarian crisis of massive proportions".
The degree of shortage in the Caribbean country, he explained, is 82% and the situation of the health system, "status in war."
Stating that the opposition "has moved scrupulously constitutional ways to shorten the mandate" of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro García-Margallo warned that the consequences of the recall referendum would not be the same depending on the date on which it is held.
The position of Spain, he stressed, is that the political situation that leads to a national dialogue that would lead to national reconciliation and that climate "Venezuela take to bring economic hardship" to unlock.
As for the trip to Venezuela Citizens leader, Albert Rivera, the minister said the government has done what is required to do: "Offering the ambassador's residence in Caracas and all the protection that we have been able".
"Fortunately no incidents have occurred, which I welcome," she said Garcia-Margallo said, adding that the Government will continue its conduct "in defense of the Venezuelan people." EFE