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The Government of Spain is part of the "friendly countries" of the Chavista leader Nicolás Maduro. This was stated on Friday the Venezuelan leader asked in a press conference with international media in Caracas.

The Venezuelan leader said that he has "informed the governments of Spain , Mexico , Panama , that a group of friends from Venezuela (...) can be formed to strengthen democracy" and help, support and favor an inclusive dialogue of ahead of the next parliamentary elections to be held this year.

"At this time there are elections to renew the National Assembly and in several bands there is a very inclusive dialogue process with all political sectors to give new, full, all kinds of guarantees that influence an electoral process that is the most participatory." said Maduro.

He said that from the Government they have been in talks with other sectors of national political life so that a new National Electoral Council is elected and that it is the current National Assembly that is in that process.

On the international community and this election process, he said that he has also informed the Argentine, Mexican, Spanish and European Union governments so that "a process of dialogue takes place before, during and after the parliamentary elections."

Nicolás Maduro also appealed to this possible group to know all the actions that the Government is doing before the International Criminal Court "to demand the cessation of all coercive measures" and to "make Venezuela understand the right to be without persecutory measures, coercive, criminals "that affect the economy.

The Chavista leader said he believes in the dialogue and directly questioned the president of the United States, Donald Trump. "I believe in the dialogue and I will always tell Donald Trump, even if I am suing him before the International Criminal Court, that the best way to resolve this conflict is to talk, talk, dialogue."

"If you want to understand who has the reins of Venezuela, I am at your service," he added.

'Case Delcy': "Very interesting things"

The Venezuelan president took advantage of his appearance to ensure that what his vice president, Delcy Rodríguez , spoke with the Minister of Transportation of Spain, José Luis Ábalos, in the early hours of January 20, at the Madrid-Barajas airport, is a "secret "that has not revealed.

"That is Delcy's secret, she has not told me that secret, what do I talk about Ábalos," he said briefly during a press conference, in which he first spoke about the Delcy case since he met last January 23 .

Maduro has revealed that his vice president went "silently" to countries during his recent international tour to "discuss very interesting things" that he has not specified, ironing that in Spain, where he passed, "they have made a novel, the Delcygate ."

"He went to some countries in public and met, and in others he went in silence to discuss very interesting things that we are developing with other countries of the world," he told the Miraflores Palace, without giving more details.

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