Nicolás Maduro regime’s offensive against Europe continues: he delivered protest notes to four diplomats

The Venezuelan regime did protest notes to the heads of diplomatic missions of Spain, France, the Netherlands and Germanyhours after the expulsion order of the European Union (EU) ambassador in the country, Isabel Brilhante.

The Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, held a private meeting at the headquarters of the Chancellery with the ambassadors of France, Romain Nadal, and Germany, Daniel Kriener, as with the Heads of Mission of Spain, Juan Fernandez Wheat, and the Netherlands, Robert Schuddeboom

Together with the respective protest notes, each diplomat received from Arreaza a copy of the Venezuelan Constitution and the United Nations (UN) Charter, documents the regime said were not respected by some European executives.

Nadal and Schuddeboom came together to the meeting organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, followed by Kriener and Fernández Trigo. All were summoned to this meeting on Tuesday and none of them presented statements to the media

The conversation lasted about an hour and took place on the same day that the Chavista Brilhante dictatorship declared persona non grata and gave him 72 hours to leave Venezuela.

Executive measures taken by Nicolás Maduro They are in response to sanctions imposed by the EU on 19 officials of the country this week, including several dissident opposition deputies.

In addition, the National Assembly (AN, Parliament), with a strong pro-government majority, Tuesday had approved an exhortation to the executive to expel the EU representativegiven that the community bloc received interference.

At the end of the meeting between the Chancellor and the diplomats, Arreaza explained that they had received a copy of the Constitution and the UN Charter, since “it must be assumed that a diplomat in Venezuela must know them perfectly,” which he says is not happening.

As he assured, they delivered the protest letters with the consideration that “it was these four governments that acted with the greatest malicious intent to promote new attacks with these alleged sanctions against Venezuela ”.

The minister stated that he received a message from Spain “of a homolog or homolog” what “suggested” Do not answer “with cannons the shotgun shots”, In reference to the new sanctions.

According to him that message was about “to hold the government of Venezuela to account“Since it considers that the measures of the EU and the Member States”They are not cannons, they are atomic bombs they drop against Venezuela

For this reason, he asked countries to reassess their policies regarding the Caribbean nation, as they do not have to “say goodbye” to a diplomat, as they told Brilhante.

However, he explained that for the Venezuelan executive this means “respecting Venezuela’s sovereignty”.

Finally, he stressed that if the EU and its Member States “they want to build bridges with Venezuela“, The regime of Nicolás Maduro”will stretch out his arms and hands

However, he emphasized that in order to do this, demand respect for the constitution and laws, “Otherwise it will be impossible”.

(With information from EFE)

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