WILLEMSTAD. – The Netherlands does not recognize the opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the new Interim President of Venezuela, as the United States and other leaders of the region have done, “With this we follow 100% to the European Union.” This was said by the Dutch Secretary of State Raymond Knops in charge of the Kingdom Relations, to Sharina Henriquez of the Caribbean network “.
This means that there is still an open line with President Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaidó. We have contact with both, according to Knops. Regarding the situation of the South American country, he said: “It is difficult to assess what is going to happen now.” The same as the European Union, the Netherlands also asks to maintain peace and not to use violence, as well as to call for free elections. In any case, it is not true that Holland, for example, will call its Ambassador and his other diplomats back from Venezuela. Maduro gave an expulsion order to American diplomats after the United States recognized Guaidó. But Europe does not recognize it and declared its support and support to Maduro.
Holland does not consider the situation so dangerous that Defense must send extra troops to protect the border of the Dutch islands in the Caribbean. “We monitor the situation very carefully,” according to the Knops spokesperson. When do you need to send or use extra troops? Defense does not want to anticipate anything yet. “We are watching and based on that we will decide what we will do differently.”
In both Curaçao and Aruba last Wednesday, Venezuelans went out on the streets to declare their support for Guaidó. The Prime Minister of Curacao Eugene Rhuggenaath, announced yesterday that his Cabinet does not recognize the result of the election of 2018 in Venezuela, which in fact means that it does not recognize the presidency of Nicolas Maduro. But on the other hand, he said, that the Rhuggenaath Cabinet recognizes the National Assembly of Venezuela and its president Juan Guaidó, but that he does not recognize the latter as the Executive President of Venezuela.
