The Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, announced this Tuesday the release of three other Spanish citizens who were imprisoned in prisons in Venezuela.
In statements to Catalunya Ràdio, Albares indicated that these “three new releases” took place yesterday, Monday, and they join the group of five Spanish prisoners previously released and who “are already in Spain.”
Of the three newly released, the minister detailed, one “has decided to stay in Venezuela”, another citizen “will leave today” for Spain, while the third person “is thinking about whether he prefers to stay in Venezuela or return to Spain.”
This is a “very positive step,” said Albares, who has encouraged the Venezuelan Government to “continue advancing along this line” of releases.
Albares has applauded the “discreet” work carried out by the former President of the Government José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who “does not act either on behalf of or at the request of the Government of Spain”, but rather “at the request of the Venezuelan opposition”.
