00:00Venezuela's government and former opposition deputies from the 2015 National Assembly closed their third round of talks.
00:08Both delegations announced that working groups followed up on agreements from previous rounds,
00:13focusing on strengthening democracy and the judiciary, freedom of expression and the right to information.
00:19In addition, they agreed to form a joint delegation tasked with recovering Venezuela's gold reserves
00:25held at the Bank of England to address the double earthquake emergency.
00:30The parties also agreed to review legal frameworks to strengthen democratic coexistence.
00:43Opposition representative of the 2015 National Assembly, Dinora Figuera,
00:48also announced to the nation the conclusion of the third round of talks.
00:57The third round of talks between the national government
01:00and the 2015 National Assembly delegations has concluded.
01:05The results are set out below.
01:11Six working days were held, including two plenary sessions,
01:15and 15 working meetings were conducted across four technical working groups.
01:23The methodology used during this third cycle consisted of two parts,
01:27follow-up on the three active working groups and establishment of a new working group.
01:33The follow-up on the three active working groups covered,
01:37Working Group 1, Strengthening Democracy and the Judiciary.
01:42Working Groups 2 and 3, Freedom of Expression, Thought, Pluralism,
01:47and the Right to Information.
01:52A Roundtable to address the emergency caused by the double earthquake
01:55and the recovery of gold in the United Kingdom.
02:01Establishment of the new Roundtable.
02:03Four, Political, Economic and Social Guarantees.
02:11Progress in strengthening freedom of expression, thought, pluralism,
02:16and the right to information was recognized through the lifting of administrative and precautionary measures.
02:22It is agreed that we will continue to work towards achieving the best possible results from this process.
02:29In this scenario, Venezuela's National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez announced
02:33that the 12 members of the Judicial Nominations Committee will be sworn in on Thursday.
02:40At the next session of the National Assembly, that is, tomorrow,
02:44the two members who will make up the nominating committee will be appointed.
02:52Marking the start of the publication of the corresponding schedule
02:55in strict accordance with the Constitution and the law.
03:01Once the nominating committee is established,
03:04the Credentials Review Board will be activated.
