Foreign Minister Arreaza meets with representatives of IOM and UNHCR in Venezuela - MPPRE

Foreign Minister Arreaza meets with representatives of IOM and UNHCR in Venezuela

This Tuesday, the People’s Power Minister for Foreign Relations, Jorge Arreaza, held a cordial meeting with representatives of the UN agencies resident in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, involved in the field of migration and the protection of the rights of the migrants.

The meeting was agreed upon after a public claim made by President Nicolás Maduro to the United Nations system, where he objected the sending of supposed monetary resources to Venezuelan migrants in other Latin American countries.

The resident and humanitarian coordinator of the multilateral organization in Venezuela, Peter Grohmann; the representative of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Jorge Vallés and the representative of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Matthew Crentsil.

“How much is true? How much is false? Announcements and alarms on this issue. There are Venezuelans who want to return to Venezuela who have collapsed the embassies and consulates in Latin America and the Caribbean; and who do not receive that alleged support”, said Chancellor Arreaza.

During the meeting, the parties agreed to review the resources that have been approved or publicly announced for Venezuelan migration and that are not reflected in reality.

Given the scant support provided to the Venezuelan State to repatriate compatriots -who have returned en masse since 2019- the Minister of Foreign Relations raised the need for part of these resources and donations to be used to guarantee the safe return of compatriots through the Plan Vuelta a la Patria.

The Venezuelan diplomat also expressed the desire of the Bolivarian Government that progress can be made to a new level of interaction between the Venezuelan State, IOM and UNHCR, for the good of Venezuelans abroad.