MADRID- The European Union (EU) expressed its satisfaction and relief on Friday at the release and deportation of 135 political prisoners in Nicaragua, and urged the Daniel Ortega regime to take further action in this direction, including the restoration of fundamental freedoms.
The European Union’s External Action Service described this decision as a positive step that should precede further action by the Nicaraguan authorities, to whom it again called for the release of the remaining “political prisoners.”
In a statement, the bloc’s foreign ministry spokesman praised the “key efforts” of the United States, which acted as mediator in the process announced on Thursday, and of Guatemala, the country to which the prisoners, all of Nicaraguan nationality, were transferred.
The EU has assured that it remains open to dialogue with the Daniel Ortega regime, calling on it to “restore fundamental freedoms and respect the right to freedom of expression and dissent in the country.”
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