Despite a UN proposal, Duke will not talk to Maduro

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The head of state reiterated that his only dialogue is with Juan Guaidó, whom Colombia considers as the legitimate president of Venezuela.

The position of President Iván Duque, in front of the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, is immovable. This Wednesday, the head of state reiterated that he will not engage in dialogue with the Chavista, despite the request of António Guterres, Secretary General of the UN, who proposed that both countries talk to lessen the tension that is lived on the border, because of the military exercises that Maduro started.

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Duque insisted that Colombia "has never attacked Venezuela and has never been in a warmongering race", unlike its opposite, who transferred missiles to the state of Táchira and whose action was known only one day ago.

In that sense, he explained that a nation only negotiates and dialogues when its intention is to approach the position of the other and look for meeting points, something that will not happen with Maduro because Colombia recognizes it as a dictatorial regime that “is generating the worst migration crisis I've seen Latin America. ”

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“We are defenders of democracy and we have recognized President Juan Guaidó as the legitimate president and the national assembly as the only legitimate democratic body. On that basis we have an excellent dialogue with the president, ”he argued. Likewise, he recalled that Colombia has enough evidence and has filed various resources in the international community to demonstrate that Maduro is “sponsoring terrorists to attack us. That is the case with Eln, Romagna, Iván Márquez and Santrich. ”

Given the facts, the president called on the UN to urge the Venezuelan regime to comply with international statutes. "The invitation to the UN is to enforce the inter-American democratic charter and resolution 1373 of that body that prohibits countries from sponsoring terrorism," he said.

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From Florence, Caquetá, municipality in which he participated in a meeting to socialize the Generation E educational program, Duque said that the world is waiting for the end of the dictatorship and, subsequently, of “a transitional government with broad representation and call for free elections ”, which will restore the democratic rights of Venezuelans.