Through a statement released by the Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Yvan GilThe Venezuelan Foreign Ministry announces that it has decided to withdraw its diplomatic staff from its mission in the Dominican Republic and seven other countries.
The decision of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry is based on its rejection of “the interventionist actions and statements of a group of right-wing governments, subordinate to Washington and openly committed to the most sordid ideological postulates of international fascism, trying to re-establish the failed and defeated Lima Group, which they intend to ignore.” election results of the Presidential Elections carried out this Sunday, July 28, 2024, which gave victory as President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to Nicolás Maduro, for a new Constitutional period 2025 – 2031.”
The action is directed at Venezuelan diplomatic missions in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama and Uruguay. The statement also demands that the governments of these countries “immediately withdraw” their personnel from Venezuelan territory.
They also announced that they will take “all legal and political actions to ensure that our inalienable right to self-determination is respected, preserved and defended.”
«The Bolivarian Government will face all the “Actions that threaten the climate of peace and coexistence that has demanded so much effort from the Venezuelan people, which is why we are against all interventionist and harassing statements that repeatedly attempt to ignore the will of the Venezuelan people,” concludes the text published by Gil.
President Abinader responds to the decision of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry
Consulted in «LA Semanal» this Monday about the Venezuelan government’s demand to the countries mentioned in the statement to withdraw their personnel from the South American country, the president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, said that, from the Dominican government, «we abide by that decision and we continue to see what we are going to do. What we will never give up is our principle in the fight against democracy.»
The president added that they are waiting for the Venezuelan foreign minister to clarify the type of personnel “they want to withdraw” from their country.
