President of Colombia Gustavo Petroannounced this Wednesday that he met with representatives Venezuelan oppositionto whom he presented a proposal to achieve “political world”without explaining who his interlocutors were or the characteristics of the proposed plan.

“I spoke with President (Venezuelan Nicolás) Maduro, the proposal I made to him, and with sectors of the opposition, perhaps the most important at the moment, to ensure that there can be political peace in this country,” Petro End his two-day visit to Caracas.

He stressed that the “fundamental” aspect of his visit (the fifth he has made to the Caribbean country since he took power in August 2022) was to talk about “ Colombian mediation achieve political peace” in Venezuela.

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“We are also building a democratic proposal in Venezuela, which I hope will guarantee better well-being for the Venezuelan people,” he reiterated.

Petro didn’t indicate names people she met, and the Opposition Leader’s public relations team Maria Corina Machado confident EFE that the former deputy did not participate in these conversations.

Last week, Colombia’s president spoke about Machado’s disqualification, which prevents him from participating in the next presidential election. July 28thHow “anti-democratic coup” and argued that the purpose of democracy is “to maintain the political rights of all citizens.”

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Machado, chosen in the primaries as the presidential candidate of the opposition majority, refused her candidacy to the historian Corina Joriswho also could not register on National Electoral Councildespite no known obstacles.

As soon as Peter left for Colombia, Maduro, who will seek to retain power for a third six-year term in July elections, thanked his “brother” for the visit and stressed that “Nothing will disrupt unity and peaceful dialogue” between both countries, despite differences in recent weeks arising from the electoral issue.

(EFE)