Venezuela Breaks Diplomatic Relations With Peru
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, 2024. Photo: X/ @radio580nic
July 31, 2024 Hour: 9:37 am
Previously, the Peruvian government aligned itself with the Venezuelan far right and its intentions to promote a coup.
On Tuesday, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil announced a break in diplomatic relations with Peru motivated by the Peruvian government’s refusal to recognize the results of the July 28 elections.
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“The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has decided to break diplomatic relations with the Republic of Peru, on the basis of Article 45 of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,” he said.
“We are forced to take this decision following the reckless statements of the Peruvian foreign minister that ignore the will of the Venezuelan people and our constitution,” the Bolivarian diplomat added.
Earlier, the Peruvian government recognized far-right politician Edmundo Gonzales as “president-elect of Venezuela,” even though he lost Sunday’s presidential election.
“This position is shared by numerous countries, governments and international organizations,” said Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea, who held a telephone conversation with Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the far-right group Vente Venezuela.
On Sunday night, the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) presented the results of the presidential election in which over 11 million valid votes were counted.
The candidate for the Great Patriotic Pole, President Nicolas Maduro, was re-elected with over 5,150,000 votes, a figure that represented 51.2 percent of the vote. The second most voted candidate was Edmundo Gonzalez with 4,445,978 votes, which was equivalent to 44.2 percent of the votes.
Autor: teleSUR/ JF
Fuente: EFE - FAM
