The Dutch chargé d’affaires in Caracas “was instructed to reduce the Venezuelan diplomatic staff from four to two people, which constitutes a proportionate response to the diplomatic measure imposed on the Netherlands,” declared Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp.
This Wednesday, January 15, the Netherlands ordered Venezuela to eliminate two of four diplomatic posts in the country, after Caracas limited the number of European envoys authorized in the South American nation. Indian AFP.
The chargé d’affaires in Caracas “was instructed to reduce the Venezuelan diplomatic staff from four to two people, which constitutes a proportionate response to the diplomatic measure imposed on the Netherlands,” declared the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Caspar Veldkamp, in a letter to Parliament.
The government of the Netherlands on Tuesday accused Nicolás Maduro’s administration of “escalation” by limiting the number of French, Dutch and Italian diplomats authorized to remain in Venezuela to three per country.
“This is an escalation by Maduro that makes the dialogue even more complicated,” he said in a statement sent to the news agency AFP Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp, adding that there would “undoubtedly be a response” to this decision.
Venezuela decided this Tuesday to limit the number of diplomats from France, the Netherlands and Italy authorized in Venezuela to three per country, considering that their governments have “hostile conduct”, days after Maduro’s inauguration for a third consecutive term after elections considered fraudulent by the international community.
«We regret this procedure. We will also summon the Venezuelan chargé d’affaires to convey this message and ask for clarifications,” Veldkamp continued. «We will also call for joint action at the level of the European Union (EU). “We will examine with our EU partners what this means for our relations,” he added.
The Netherlands received Edmundo González Urrutia at the residence of the Dutch embassy in Caracas, before he reached an agreement with the authorities to leave the country and go into exile in Spain in September.
With agency information
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