Three foreign ministers will join the fact-finding delegation Friday.
Three foreign ministers from the Union of South American Nations member states will travel to Venezuela Friday in light of recent coup attempts, Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Eduardo Patiño confirmed Wednesday.
“I confirm a visit to Venezuela of three foreign mnisters and the Secretary-General of UNASUR this Friday, March 6,” the Ecuadorean official posted to his official twitter account.
Confirmo visita a Venezuela de tres Cancilleres y Secretario General de UNASUR este viernes 6 de marzo. — Ricardo Patiño Aroca (@RicardoPatinoEC)March 4, 2015
Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Colombia’s Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin will also be joining the fact-finding mission.
On the same day, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro confirmed that former Colombian president and current head of UNASUR, Ernesto Samper, would be accompanying the group.
“Secretary-General of UNASUR, Ernesto Samper, confirmed to me that this Friday the delegation to support democracy in Venezuela is coming on Friday. Thank God we have UNASUR, that allows us to navigate these battles through paths of peace,” he said.
Venezuelan authorities recently revealed that a coup attempt against the democratically-elected government had been thwarted.
President Maduro explained that the coup plot was hatched in the United States with the support of staff at the U.S. embassy in Caracas. Many significant opposition figures are alleged to have ties to the coup plot, including opposition mayor Antonio Ledezma, who was arrested in February.
Fonte: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Patino-Confirms-UNASUR-Visit-to-Venezuela-over-Coup-Plot-20150304-0038.html
