BUENOS AIRES- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina confirmed that its diplomatic staff in Venezuela He left the country after the Venezuelan regime ordered his expulsion in retaliation for Buenos Aires’ doubts about Sunday’s presidential election.
The Argentine Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that its diplomats in Venezuela left the country on Thursday afternoon along with their families, as demanded by the Nicolás Maduro regime. Brazil will guard the premises of the Argentine mission in Caracas, “including the embassy and the official residence, its assets and archives, as well as the protection of its interests.”
“These have been very challenging days and months for the staff of the (Argentine) Embassy, in which they have given unquestionable proof of their professionalism, their human qualities and their sense of duty,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The diplomatic staff, military attachés and administrative attachés – 14 people in total – left Caracas on Thursday for Portugal. They are expected to arrive in Argentina on Saturday.
Venezuelan asylum seekers are in the care of Brazil
Brazilian authorities will take over “custody” of their embassy in Venezuela, where six Venezuelan opposition members who enjoy political asylum under the Caracas Convention are still refugees.
The Convention on Diplomatic Asylum adopted in Caracas in 1954 states that if asylum seekers cannot leave the State together with diplomatic personnel, they must be handed over “to the representation of a third State party.”
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Source: With information from Europa Press/AP