04:29The German government criticised the Venezuelan elections heavily during the biweekly press conference on Monday, saying they weren't "free or fair," nor "adequate to international standards."
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Adebahr added that the elections, held on Sunday, "weren't adequate for the necessity of an internal political process to overcome the national crisis," which she said has been evident for some time in Venezuela.
Adebahr said the government would be holding talks with European counterparts regarding possible consequences, after President Nicolas Maduro's party won Venezuela's parliamentary elections. The opposition party, National Assembly, led by Juan Guaido, refused to take part in what he described as a 'fraudulent' election.
Regarding the subject of stopping the deport ban to Syria, spokesperson Bjorn Gruenewaelder said the Interior Minister "supports a future individual evaluation and to campaign at the IMK [Interior Ministers conference] to not extend the deportation stop'' following murders in Dresden by a 20-year-old Syrian national on October 4.
Spokesperson for Economic Affairs and Energy, Anna Sophie Eichler, said the German government "reject" sanctions "because we don't believe, extra territorial sanctions are compatible with the international law.''
Germany: Government condemns elections in Venezuela
The German government criticised the Venezuelan elections heavily during the biweekly press conference on Monday, saying they weren't "free or fair," nor "adequate to international standards."
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Adebahr added that the elections, held on Sunday, "weren't adequate for the necessity of an internal political process to overcome the national crisis," which she said has been evident for some time in Venezuela.
Adebahr said the government would be holding talks with European counterparts regarding possible consequences, after President Nicolas Maduro's party won Venezuela's parliamentary elections. The opposition party, National Assembly, led by Juan Guaido, refused to take part in what he described as a 'fraudulent' election.
Regarding the subject of stopping the deport ban to Syria, spokesperson Bjorn Gruenewaelder said the Interior Minister "supports a future individual evaluation and to campaign at the IMK [Interior Ministers conference] to not extend the deportation stop'' following murders in Dresden by a 20-year-old Syrian national on October 4.
Spokesperson for Economic Affairs and Energy, Anna Sophie Eichler, said the German government "reject" sanctions "because we don't believe, extra territorial sanctions are compatible with the international law.''
The German government criticised the Venezuelan elections heavily during the biweekly press conference on Monday, saying they weren't "free or fair," nor "adequate to international standards."
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Adebahr added that the elections, held on Sunday, "weren't adequate for the necessity of an internal political process to overcome the national crisis," which she said has been evident for some time in Venezuela.
Adebahr said the government would be holding talks with European counterparts regarding possible consequences, after President Nicolas Maduro's party won Venezuela's parliamentary elections. The opposition party, National Assembly, led by Juan Guaido, refused to take part in what he described as a 'fraudulent' election.
Regarding the subject of stopping the deport ban to Syria, spokesperson Bjorn Gruenewaelder said the Interior Minister "supports a future individual evaluation and to campaign at the IMK [Interior Ministers conference] to not extend the deportation stop'' following murders in Dresden by a 20-year-old Syrian national on October 4.
Spokesperson for Economic Affairs and Energy, Anna Sophie Eichler, said the German government "reject" sanctions "because we don't believe, extra territorial sanctions are compatible with the international law.''