BRUSSELS – The European Union’s top foreign policy official announced Monday her intention to recommend removing sanctions against Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez, following recent legislative action in the South American nation.
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, made the announcement after Venezuelan lawmakers passed a limited amnesty bill for select prisoners last week.
“I will propose that we will lift the sanctions on Delcy Rodriguez as, the current … interim president in office. Whether we have consensus then we will see. We don’t know that yet,” Kallas stated during a press briefing with reporters.
The announcement came just days after Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares publicly called on the European Union to move forward with such action on Friday.
