Julio Borges, Venezuela's foreign minister of shadow government told "Israel Today": "Renewing relations between countries - first issue" • On the current president of his generation: "Giving a hand to terror"

• Julio Borges signs a declaration against the boycott of Israel // Photo: Ofer Lavoitsky

"Without a doubt, relations with Israel are important and we are talking about a change in these relations. We are united with Israel on values ​​such as peace, democracy and the fight against terrorism, so I am convinced that relations will be high and deep," says Julio Borges, who has been responsible for international relations since August. Juan Guido, Venezuela's alternate president.

Borges, who has visited Israel and attended a conference of the Parliamentary Lobby for Israel, says Venezuela sees great importance in relations between the two countries. "We want to learn from Israel, and that is also because our two countries share similar threats like terrorism. Renewing our relationship is an issue of paramount importance on the agenda led by President Guido."

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Borges has been in Washington since August and oversees the shadow government's foreign policy. "Maduro's dictatorship has brought Venezuela to isolation," he says. "There is no country that wants contact with a government that serves as a patron to terrorism." According to him, Maduro has done one thing with terrorist organizations: "Maduro's alliance with terrorist organizations, groups like the former Colombia's ELN or FARC and groups like Hezbollah, has allowed him to conduct a black economic policy based on drug, gold and diamond trade." The second reason for Maduro's survival, according to Borges, is the Cuban dictatorship that has taken over Venezuela's centers of power.

Speaking to the Jewish community in his country, Borges says: "Venezuela was a land of possibilities where everyone gets the same affection. That situation has changed. We live in a devastated country, with a human crisis, without work because there is no investment and under the rule that serves as a godfather for terrorism. About the Jewish Community Our war is that everyone can come back, and that includes the Jewish community. I know how hard it was to leave and leave everything behind, I'm sure they miss, but we must go ahead and fight to regain our state so we can all go back Living in Venezuela for development, justice and freedom. These are things we are only dreaming of right now. "

At the same time, Borges believes that the exchange of power is not far off: "We have wide international support, along with wide support from the people of Venezuela, who gave it their all."