The president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, described on Monday as “very serious” if the participation of the Government of Nicolás Maduro is confirmed in the murder almost a year of the former Venezuelan ex -military Ronald Ojeda, who was suffering from the Chilean government, and insisted on that will resort to the International Criminal Court.
«If confirmed is very serious, very serious and here that nobody lowers the profile, if here it is confirmed that an action of a foreign government to kill a dissident in our country, is not only a violation of sovereignty but a violation of rights Humans, ”Boric told the press at his exit of an encounter with the Uruguayan former president José Mujica in Montevideo.
Boric indicated that after the cessation of diplomatic relations by Venezuela with his country and that caused the closure of embassies and consulates in both countries Chile has no tradition of breaking relations with those who think differently.
Boric, from Uruguay, describes the murder of Ronald Ojeda as ‘very serious, a violation of sovereignty and the human rights’ (confirmed … of course). However, when they sent Monsalve to sign a collaboration agreement, they already knew who they were dealing with. The same words … pic.twitter.com/Tassbitfwp
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He pointed out that his government believes in diplomacy and highlighted the executive’s responsibility in the help of Chileans who are in Venezuela through the Foreign Ministry and even other countries.
«The Venezuelan government, because it is not the people, is the Venezuelan government, the Venezuelan dictatorship, has advanced towards an absolutely capricious issue where it expelled our diplomatic body and now decided to close the consulates. In practice there are no diplomatic relations, but Chile does not fall into provocations, ”he said.
He insisted that his country has a “different political culture” of respect for international law and to put people’s well -being before “the outbursts of the rulers.”
Boric, who arrived in Montevideo in the morning, met with his counterpart, Luis Lacalle Pou. He will also visit the president -elect, Yamandú Orsi, who will assume on March 1.
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