Chancellor Claudia Blum sent a message to Secretary General of the UN and to the Chairman of the United Nations Security Council, referring to the dire situation at the border “because of the support the illegal Venezuelan regime is giving to organized narcoterrorist armed groups”.
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The Secretary of State warned the UN that The dictatorship is once again trying to divert international attention from its complicit relationship with drug trafficking groups and terrorists, while all the evidence confirms that it is a totalitarian regime that does not respect any legal framework. “
This after the neighboring country had sent a letter to the UN Security Council to investigate the violence at the border with Colombia.
“We express to the UN our concern about the institutional, economic and social collapse in Venezuela, and the political crisis that has led to the destruction of democracy, turning that country into a failed state,” condemned Blum.
We express our concern to the UN about the institutional, economic and social collapse in Venezuela
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It also informs the international body that the most recent mass displacement of 5,737 people to the Colombian municipality of Arauquita, produced since March 21, is caused by the operations of the regime’s military apparatus, “without distinction and without observance of International Humanitarian Law.”
The government also reaffirms its willingness to provide humanitarian assistance to this population in the company of the international community.
“ To the UN, we reaffirm that our foreign policy preserves respect for international law and the non-use of force (…) we ratify Colombia’s efforts to strengthen international cooperation with the region’s democratic governments, against transnational crime and terrorist actors, ‘he says.
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Finally, Blum warns that Colombia has made a firm commitment to “implementing the 2016 Agreement with our Peace with Legality Policy”, a process in which we have the significant support of the UN verification mission and the support of the international community “.
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