VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT SAYS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN SUMMIT OF AMERICAS
VENEZUELAN
PRESIDENT SAYS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN SUMMIT OF AMERICAS
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
said that he has decided not to participate in the forthcoming Summit of
Americas in Peru, local media reported on Wednesday.
The two-day summit will start in Lima
on Friday.
Maduro has been invited to attend the
event but later the Peruvian authorities have revoked the invitation, following
the decision to withdraw the invitation, the Venezuelan leader has repeatedly
stated that he would do utmost to attend the event.
“Last night I made a decision that I
would not go to the Summit of Americas in Lima.
“I will stay with my nation to celebrate the failure of the 2002 coup,’’ Maduro
said on Tuesday as broadcast by the state television channel.
The politician added that the summit
was not an event of high priority for Caracas.
The president of Peru said that his
Venezuelan counterpart Maduro could visit Lima, but he would not be able to
participate in the forthcoming Summit of the Americas due to the absence of an
official invitation.
“Any Venezuelan citizen could come to
our country. As for the specific case of the Venezuelan president, he has no
invitation to participate in the summit.
“So we speak not about the way he
could enter the country, he could cross the border without any problems. The
state has sent a clear signal, Mr. Maduro has not been invited,’’ Martin
Vizcarra.
Recently, the Venezuelan leader has
had an intention to participate in the summit, however earlier in the month;
Maduro changed his position on the issue saying that the event would be a waste
of time.