Venezuela Summons Spanish Ambassador Over Defense Minister’s Interventionist Remarks
Venezuelan FM Yvan Gil, 2024. X/ @Enrique22235179
September 13, 2024 Hour: 10:31 am
Previously, National Assembly President Rodriguez called on the Bolivarian government to break relations with Spain.
On Thursday, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil called the Spanish ambassador in Caracas, Ramon Santos, for consultations due to the statements of the Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles.
RELATED:
Venezuela Celebrates First Anniversary of Strategic Relationship With China
“The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in the face of the insolent, interventionist and rude statements of the Spanish Minister Margarita Robles, which point to a deterioration of relations between both countries, has decided to call the Venezuelan ambassador accredited to the Kingdom of Spain, Gladys Gutierrez, for consultations. At the same time it has summoned the Spanish Ambassador accredited in Caracas, Ramon Santos Martinez, to appear on Friday, September 13 at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry,” the Venezuelan FM Gil stated.
Previously, Spanish Defense Minister Robles discredited the administration of President Nicolas Maduro calling it a “dictatorship,” thus showing her political alignment with the self-exiled Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez.
On Wednesday, Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez called on the Bolivarian government to break relations with Spain and called for the expulsion of Spanish diplomats present in Venezuela. Rodriguez’s demands came after the far-right succeeded in getting Spain’s Congress of Deputies to approve the rejection of Nicolas Maduro as Venezuela’s president-elect. Instead, Spanish lawmakers spuriously agreed to recognize Gonzalez as president-elect.
teleSUR/ JF Source: FAM – VTV
