WASHINGTON — The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, raised the need for the presidential elections to be held in 2027 to the new Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Oliver Blanco, and at the same time, to think about parliamentary elections.
This was reported by NTN24, which stated that the information came from sources in Washington and that these conversations were part of the meeting that took place behind closed doors.
According to a statement from the State Department, Rubio “reaffirmed President Trump’s three-phase plan for Venezuela: stabilization, economic recovery and political reconciliation, and democratic transition.”
Both reviewed the progress in the reconciliation dialogue “led by Venezuelans,” including the institutional reforms that must “lay the foundations for free, fair and credible elections.”
political prisoners
The head of US diplomacy also urged the Delcy Rodríguez government to continue releasing the political prisoners who still remain in Venezuela.
The Venezuelan foreign minister said in his X account that during the meeting with Rubio they addressed “bilateral relations, regional challenges, cooperation and energy security” between both countries.
“We reaffirm our willingness to continue building spaces of understanding for the benefit of Venezuela and all Venezuelans,” he added.
In statements to the NTN24 channel, Blanco said that Both countries now have “many similarities” and seek “Venezuelans to have a direction of economic recovery, democratic transformation and coexistence for all.”
“We have a successful diplomatic agenda between two countries that have many similarities and had differences in the past so that Venezuelans have a goal of economic recovery, democratic transformation and coexistence for all,” said Blanco, appointed last week, upon leaving the meeting with Rubio.
Journalists from the NTN24 television station asked him about the elections and he continued the march in his vehicle without answering.
Chancellor meets with Secretary of the Treasury
Blanco also met with the Secretary of the United States Treasury, Scott Bessent, on whom the economic sanctions that still punish Venezuela depend, and with the Undersecretary of the Hydrocarbons Office, Kyle Haustveit.
“This administration is committed to supporting Venezuela’s economic recovery, revitalizing critical sectors, boosting energy production and reconnecting its financial sector to restore confidence, attract investment and lay the foundation for a more prosperous future,” he posted. Bessent
Regarding the meeting with Bessent, Blanco said in a message on X that they talked about “the conditions for the full economic development of Venezuela, access to multilateral financial organizations and opportunities for binational economic cooperation.”
