The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received on Friday (02.2023/01) at the Presidential Palace of Miraflores, in Caracas, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, who is on an official visit to the country to check the situation. From the field and through numerous meetings with victims and authorities.
Türk, who arrived in the country on January 26, went to the presidency, accompanied by the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Venezuela, Gianluca Rampolla, while Maduro received him with his wife, Representative Celia Flores, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. . , Evan Gill.
The president said in the first seconds of the meeting, which was filmed and filmed by the media: “I am glad to see you in Venezuela (…) I thank you for accepting the invitation I made to the country.” Make room for a private meeting.
The official also met this Friday, separately, with the Executive Vice President, Delcy Rodriguez, and with the President of the National Assembly (Parliament), who is loyal to the government, Jorge Rodriguez, whose meetings revealed few details.
On 26 January, the High Commissioner convened a meeting with relatives of victims of extrajudicial executions and representatives of NGOs, whose role government authorities play as perpetrators in the country’s human rights system.
This visit is expected to conclude on January 28, when Türk will deliver a final statement and answer some questions to the press from Simón Bolívar International Airport, which serves Caracas, as he will depart the country.
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