Overview
- Spain’s foreign minister, speaking Monday in Brussels, said the Venezuelan official could attend November’s Ibero-American Summit in Madrid with “total normality” despite EU entry restrictions.
- Rodríguez is in The Hague to take part in Venezuela’s hearing at the International Court of Justice over a border dispute with Guyana after the Dutch government granted a temporary waiver allowed under EU sanctions.
- Citing her 2023 participation in the EU–CELAC meeting in Brussels, José Manuel Albares said Spain invites the person who holds a country’s international representation to the Ibero-American forum.
- Albares said no special Spanish exemption should be needed for November, while noting there has been no EU-wide change to the sanctions list.
- In the same remarks, he urged EU ministers to vote on suspending commercial advantages for Israel and praised Spain’s lead in the MV Hondius hantavirus repatriation effort.