The opposition leader and his family will apply for asylum in Spain after he was hiding for more than a month in the Dutch embassy in Caracas, BTA quoted.
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez arrived in Madrid today, reported the Spanish agency EFE. The plane in which Gonzalez was traveling belonged to the Spanish Air Force and landed at the military base "Torrejón de Ardos".
He is accompanied by his wife and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Diego Martínez Bellio. The three were welcomed by the Secretary of State for Latin America and the Spanish Language in the World, Susana Sumelso.
"From this moment, asylum application procedures will begin, and this will also be to our advantage given Spain's commitment to the political rights and physical integrity of all Venezuelan men and women, especially political leaders,", he informed the ministry.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Caspar Veldkamp, told the Congress of Deputies that the Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez had been secretly staying in the Dutch embassy in Caracas for more than a month, public broadcaster NOS reported.