In the European Parliament in Brussels, José VALENCIA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, exchange of views with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) in association with the EP Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT) .

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Brussels

exchange of views

meeting

BILBAO BARANDICA, Izaskun (Renew, ES)

SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, José Ignacio (EPP, ES)

GOMES, Ana (S&D, PT)

EU - Ecuador (T)

VALENCIA, José (EC)

Exchange of views with José VALENCIA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador: extracts from the debate

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Arrival of Jos&eacute; VALENCIA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador to the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) in association with the EP Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT). Greeting to MEPs

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Jos&#233; VALENCIA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, Europe has been present with respect to the massive flow of Venezuelan citizens to Ecuador and other South American countries. Thank you.<br />

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Jos&eacute; VALENCIA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, We are aware that a group of MEPs will travel to Peru to verify the situation of Venezuelan immigration in the region. On behalf of the Republic of Ecuador, we extended the invitation for that delegation to also consider visiting Ecuador with a similar objective.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Jos&#233; Ignacio SALAFRANCA S&#193;NCHEZ-NEYRA (EPP, ES), I would like to ask you, as this is an issue that we are going to address in this plenary session this week, about the situation in Venezuela from the point of view of the political recognition of the president of the National Assembly.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Ana GOMES (S&amp;D, PT), The dimension that is given by the Russian presence in support of Maduro, and even the parking of bombers with nuclear capacity in Venezuelan territory. How do you see this?

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA (ALDE, ES), The commercial relations of the rest of the countries can be determinant to try that China can change its position in relation to Venezuela. How do you see this question? About Russia, it has already been asked, and I think that they are two very important countries that can condition in some way the future.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Jos&eacute; VALENCIA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, Ecuador considers that international action to promote and protect human rights does not amount to a violation of this basic principle of international law of non-intervention.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Jos&eacute; VALENCIA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, We agree with the position of the European Union to seek that democratic way out through free elections. We think that it is the only way out and that interim president Juan Guaid&oacute; will have that as probably his main political commitment, as his main commitment to his country in order to achieve stabilization and once again normality, so that the recovery of the Venezuelan economic system is not only possibility, but a fact that is already on the way.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Jos&eacute; VALENCIA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, Ecuador believes that even when a conflict is as complex as the Venezuelan one it is a conflict that still has the possibilities of being fixed through dialogue; dialogue under certain conditions and with clear goals. A dialogue that does not mean gaining time or looking for an exit that is not finally the democratic exit. That would not be a dialogue, it would be a waste of time.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Jos&eacute; VALENCIA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, I believe that the Latin American countries have sent a very clear message. Many of them have recognized Juan Guaid&oacute; as interim president. All of them have done it so clearly stating that the idea is that Mr. Guaid&oacute; as soon as possible can organize transparent, clear participatory elections with international observation that allows a way out. It is a very clear proposal and a message from the region that I believe has to be properly recognized