“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 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961,” reported the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, in his X account.
The official indicated that They were “forced” to make this decision after the “reckless” statements of their Peruvian counterpartJavier González-Olaechea, who believes that “they ignore the will of the Venezuelan people” and the Constitution, a statement rejected by thousands of Venezuelans and a large part of the international community.
The breakup occurs after the The Peruvian government recognized the opposition leader González Urrutia as the elected president of Venezuela following last Sunday’s elections, where the National Electoral Council (CNE) gave victory to the current president Nicolás Maduro.
According to Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier González-Olaechea, “This position is shared by numerous countries, governments and international organizations.“.
When asked how they view Maduro, he said that, “after the fraud perpetrated” in Sunday’s elections, Peru considers him “as a person who wishes to perpetuate himself in power through a dictatorship“.
“The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has decided to break diplomatic relations with the Republic of Peru, based on Article 45 of the Vienna Convention,” Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil said. https://t.co/r8WrYobKcb
— EFE News (@EFEnoticias) July 31, 2024
The Peruvian foreign minister explained that he sent “a communication to the telephone” of opposition leader María Corina Machado, expressing solidarity with her and with González Urrutia.
The CNE announced that Maduro won by just over 704,114 votes against González Urrutiathe candidate of the majority opposition coalition, when 20% of the votes were still pending, which translates into 2,394,268 votes, the fate of which is unknown and which could significantly change the final results.
#Announcement 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 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.
We are forced to make this decision after…
— Yvan Gil (@yvangil) July 31, 2024
The main opposition coalition, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD), assured that González Urrutia won the Presidency by a wide margin and created a website where he uploaded 73% of the electoral recordsalready consulted by millions of voters, to reinforce their claim.
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