It will also close Australia’s and open new diplomatic headquarters in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe.
Three days after Maria Corina Machadoleader of the opposition, received the Nobel Peace Prizethe government of Venezuela announced this Monday that will close its embassy in Norwayheadquarters of the committee that delivers the recognition. This Sunday, during a public event, the president Nicolas Maduro He did not refer directly to the award ceremony, although he noted that “90% of the population repudiates the demonic witch of Sayona.”
Machado was recognized for “her tireless work in promoting the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people and for her fight for a just and peaceful transition.” The Norwegian Academy highlighted his “efforts to promote democracy in Venezuela“. In response to the award, Ripe expressed, during an event for the Day of Indigenous Resistance: “We want peace and we will achieve it, but a peace with freedom, with sovereignty, independence and equality. Not the peace of the ruins of Gaza, nor the peace of death“.
Venezuela decided to close its embassies in Norway and Australia and open new diplomatic headquarters in Africa
This Monday, the administration of the Chavista leader announced the decision to close the Norwegian and Australian embassies. In the same statement, they announced that there will be new diplomatic headquarters in Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso. As they argued, the objective ““optimize the State’s resources” and it is a “strategic reallocation of resources.” In addition, they will seek to “strengthen alliances with the global south.”
In any case, they clarified that consultation with the Venezuelan community in Norway and Australia will be carried out through “concurrent diplomatic missions, the details of which will be announced in the coming days.”
“Venezuela confirms that these actions reflect its unwavering will to defend national sovereignty and actively contribute to the construction of a new world orderbased on justice, solidarity and inclusion,” they highlighted.
Regarding the alliance with Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso, he highlighted that the opening of new diplomatic headquarters seeks to strengthen “historical ties with the African continent” and establish “diplomatic missions resident in two sister nations, strategic partners in the anti-colonial struggle and resistance to hegemonic pressures.”
“These embassies will serve as key platforms to promote cooperation projects in agriculture, energy, education, mining and other areas of common interest,” he assured.
Last year, after the questioned elections of July 28, with strong accusations of fraud by the opposition and international organizations, Venezuela broke diplomatic relations with Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay in a single day.
In addition to the award to Machado, the announcement of the closure and opening of diplomatic headquarters occurs in the midst of growing tension with the United States after the military deployment in the waters of the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela.
The republican government defends these actions as a operation against alleged drug trafficking from the South American countrywhile Maduro insists that it is a “threat” to promote a “regime change.”
Source: Ambito
