Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said she was declared persona non grata on orders from President Nicolás Maduro, after EU foreign ministers slapped sanctions on several local officials.
EU targets Venezuela envoy in tit-for-tat expulsions
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“The circumstances of aggression leave no option” due to “disrespect for public international law” and in accordance with the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, Arreaza said in a statement after a meeting with the European diplomat in the capital of Caracas.
Sanctions prompt Venezuela to expel head of EU delegation
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