Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 4345

Venezuela: Elections

Tabled: 5 September 2024
Answered: 27 September 2024

Question

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist PartyEast Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his Venezuelan counterpart on taking steps to allow a democratic and peaceful transition following the recent presidential elect

Answer

Catherine West
The UK does not accept the legitimacy of the administration put in place by Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in 2018. The UN was clear the outcome of the Venezuelan elections in July this year cannot be deemed credible without the National Electoral Council pu...

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