Spain Voices Solidarity with Venezuela
In an interview, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares emphasized that resource control constitutes fundamental sovereign authority demanding universal respect.
Natural resources "belong to the Venezuelan people," Albares said, arguing that they are "part of a state's sovereignty."
Recent developments in Caracas constitute "a very dangerous precedent" for established international frameworks, he stated, warning that undermining resource sovereignty risks destabilizing worldwide diplomatic relations.
Albares reaffirmed Madrid's rejection of military force or foreign meddling in Venezuelan affairs, advocating instead for peaceful, democratically-driven resolutions led by Venezuelans themselves.
"Spain supports a broad dialogue between the government and the opposition, a peaceful, democratic and genuinely Venezuelan solution," he said.
Spain stands prepared to broker negotiations "whenever the parties deem it useful," Albares added.
He characterized Spain's Latin American strategy as constructive bridge-building rather than conflict escalation.
Greenland Annexation Rhetoric Rejected
Albares also condemned forcible border alterations, explicitly dismissing speculation about potential American seizure of Greenland while expressing complete solidarity with Denmark.
"Territories do not change hands capriciously," Albares said, stressing: "There is a Greenlandic people who have clearly expressed their will and have the right to decide."
Spain fully supports Denmark, he affirmed, insisting sovereignty respect and legal order must remain inviolable international principles.
Europe Needs Strategic Independence
Adopting a pan-European viewpoint, Albares advocated for "moral rearmament" and decisive advancement toward enhanced political, economic, and strategic autonomy for the European Union as it navigates escalating global pressures—from Ukraine's conflict to intensifying geopolitical competition involving America, Russia, and China.
"Aggression is aggression, regardless of who commits it," he said, insisting that Europe's security problem "is not the allies; it is Russian aggression."
The current crisis demands greater European unity capable of articulating independent positions, Albares concluded.
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