Blitz Bureau
VENEZUELA has called on the governments of Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay to withdraw their diplomatic staff accredited in the country.
The measure, announced in an official statement released by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry on July 29, also calls for withdrawing Venezuelan diplomatic staff accredited in those nations, Xinhua news agency reported. Venezuela has accused the Governments of those seven countries of “interference” in its internal affairs, especially the presidential elections held on July 28 that saw President Nicolas Maduro reelected to a third six-year term.
Those countries are “subordinated to Washington and committed to … ideological postulates of international fascism”, according to the statement. Venezuela’s National Electoral Council on July 29 declared Maduro the winner of the presidential elections.
US raises concern
Meanwhile, the US has raised ‘serious concerns’ over Venezuelan election result. The result “does not reflect the will or the votes” of the Venezuelan people, it said.
