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Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 6 January 2026

Debate

Venezuela

Contribution

My Lords, will the Minister accept the commendation of a quotation from a previous Secretary General of the United Nations in a different context, where he observed that that military operation was not in accordance with the provisions of the UN charter? I have two questions for the Minister. First, Vice-President Rodríguez, who has now been sworn in as the interim president, was elected on a joint ticket with Nicolás Maduro. We made it clear that the 2024 election, in which the two of them were elected, was corrupt and falsified, and that we did not recognise it. Does that still apply to the interim president now? Secondly—I think the Minister almost answered this question already—can the Minister confirm that the only strategic objective for us and other Europeans, and, I would hope, for the United States in due course, is for Venezuela to hold free and fair elections under international scrutiny, so that we do not have a repeat of 2024?

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