The conflict between Argentina and Venezuela escalates: the Government rejected the revocation of Brazil’s permission to guard the Embassy in Caracas

The conflict between Argentina and Venezuela escalates: the Government rejected the revocation of Brazil’s permission to guard the Embassy in Caracas

September 7, 2024 – 16:22

The Foreign Ministry urged the Venezuelan government to respect international treaties and denounced the fact that Venezuelan security forces are surrounding the official residence.

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He Government rejected This Saturday the Venezuela’s decision of revoke the authorization given to Brazil for guard the Argentine embassy in Caracas. He described it as “unilateral” and He urged the government of Nicolás Maduro to “respect” international treaties in diplomatic matters.

“The Argentine Republic rejects this unilateral measure and warns the Venezuelan government that it must respect the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which enshrines the inviolability of mission premises“, the Argentine Foreign Ministry denounced in a statement.

Brazil took over security for the Argentine embassy in Caracasafter the Argentine government was unaware the official results of the presidential elections on July 28 and accommodated opponents who requested political asylum. This further worsened the tense relationship that has existed between the two countries since Javier Milei was elected president.

After several attacks and cross-complaints, this decision of the Venezuelan government was taken after the Argentine Foreign Ministry announced that it will request the arrest of Nicolás Maduro and other “leaders” of the regime for alleged crimes against humanity committed in the South American country.

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In the statement, the Foreign Ministry headed by Diana Mondino, warned the Maduro government that “Any attempt to interfere or kidnap the asylum seekers who remain in our official residence will be severely condemned by the international community.“.

Along these lines, they denounced to the international community that “at this moment, patrols of the Venezuelan intelligence services and security forces are surrounding the official residence in Caracas.”

Venezuela revoked Brazil’s permission to guard the Argentine embassy in Caracas

The Venezuelan government revoked this Saturday the permit that enabled Brazil to guard the Argentine Embassy in the city of Caracas. Through an official statement, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said that the measure was taken due to “the evidence that is available on the use of the facilities of that diplomatic mission for the planning of terrorist activities and assassination attempts“.

In the last few hours, the international coordinator of the opposition party Vente Venezuela (VV) He reported, through his account on the social network X, that Security forces surrounded the Argentine embassy in Venezuela on Friday. For its part, Brazil announced that it will not comply with the order.

Source: Ambito

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