HAVANA, Cuba, CMC – Cuba’s Overseas Minister Bruno Rodriguez has welcomed the discharge of Alex Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat whom the US arrested.
On his X account – previously Twitter. Rodriguez stated that Saab was launched resulting from stressed claims by the Venezuelan authorities.
Saab was arrested in June 2020 throughout a stopover in Cape Verde en path to Iran whereas on a diplomatic mission to barter oil offers and buy medicines and meals for Venezuelans amidst sanctions imposed by Washington and the European Union in opposition to Caracas.
The airplane the place the diplomat was touring made a technical stopover on the African island to refuel, however native authorities arrested him on the petition of Washington.
He was later extradited to the U.S. in October 2021.
On Wednesday, the US launched Saab in change for that nation sending residence 10 American prisoners and a protection contractor on the middle of a large bribery conspiracy that tainted the U.S. Navy.
The Maduro authorities additionally launched 20 political prisoners in Venezuela as a part of the deal.
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