Venezuela: conditions not met for sending observers

The International Contact Group (ICG) on Venezuela said Thursday that the schedule for the December 6 legislative elections did not allow for the sending of observers and that the conditions were "not met" for a

ballot

And

In a statement released after a ministerial meeting by videoconference of this group, which brings together European and Latin American countries, the members

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While the government of Nicolas Maduro invited the UN and the European Union to observe the elections, the GIC

It

, indicates the press release of the GIC, whose meeting was chaired by the head of European diplomacy. , the Spaniard Josep Borrell.

The United States, for its part, warned at the beginning of September that it would refuse to

in Venezuela.

Brazil called on the international community on Thursday not to support the election.

Venezuela is organizing elections on December 6 to renew its Parliament, the only body held by the opposition.

The leader of the opposition, Juan Guaido, took the head of around thirty parties calling for a boycott of the election, believing that his organization by the Chavist power lacks transparency.

An opposition figure, the former presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, however, broke this unity by calling on the population to participate massively in the legislative elections.

Members of the ICG expressed their

in this country and expressed their support for the work of the UN fact-finding mission.

The investigative team, which was unable to attend, said in a report on Wednesday that President Nicolas Maduro and ministers were behind

The GIC also

The GIC brings together European countries including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain and Italy, and Latin America.

Argentina has just joined him, while Bolivia has left him.