The government of Venezuela rejected this Saturday the memorandum of the president of the United States, Joe Bidenpublished this Thursday, in which the South American nation is included in the list of the main drug transit and production countries.
“In that infamous publication, the faithful fulfillment of the international commitments of the Bolivarian Government is unknown, whose tenor to address the permanent fight against illicit drug trafficking has been under the foundations of the United Nations,” Venezuela said in a statement released by the Chancellery.
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In its memorandum, the US identifies Venezuela, Afghanistan, Bahamas, Belize, Burma, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru and the Dominican Republic as “major drug transit countries” or “illicit drug producers” by 2023.
In the text, published on the website of the Department of State, the US indicates that the presence of a nation on that list “does not constitute a reflection of the efforts made by its Government against drugs nor the level of cooperation with the United States.
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In addition, he mentioned Venezuela, Afghanistan, Burma and Bolivia “for having demonstrably failed to comply with their responsibility to make substantial efforts during the preceding 12 months to observe the obligations they assumed under international agreements against drug trafficking.”
About, The government of Nicolás Maduro condemned that the US intends to “persist in the imposition of extraterritorial policies.”
He called the memorandum “inconsistent” and assured that it is a document “of an interfering nature and with a legal deficiency.”
Likewise, he highlighted the “unrestricted and unconditional commitment” of Venezuela against drug trafficking and with the implementation of policies for the seizure and confiscation of illicit substances.
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“The Bolivarian Government has achieved, with sovereign policies, the largest seizures and confiscations in history and has waged a merciless war against drug traffickers and irregular groups outside the law, thus registering in 2021 the record for seizures of 51 tons of drugs in more than 5,000 procedures,” he stressed.
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