Dominican Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas met with the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss several matters, especially the situation in Venezuela. The meeting took place on Sunday night, 27 January 2019, following their participation in a meeting of the United Nations’ Security Council that is president over by Vargas. The emergency meeting was called to discuss the crisis in Venezuela.
Via a press release, Vargas said that the meeting with Pompeo was wide ranging and productive and that he stressed to the US Secretary of State that the Dominican Republic understood that a democratic, peaceful and stable Venezuelan state can only be achieved through constructive dialog. He also said that they had spoken about ways to deepen bilateral relations between the USA and the DR.
At the Security Council meeting, Vargas asked for a swift calling of elections in Venezuela with the participation of all of the parties and called for a release of all political prisoners in the country.
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El Nacional
29 January 2019
