Venezuela reverses decision to expel EU ambassador

Venezuela has reversed its decision to expel the EU’s ambassador to Caracas ordered by President Nicolas Maduro, a statement said on Thursday, ending a tit-for-tat diplomatic row.

President Nicolas Maduro’s order to expel the diplomat has been reversed.
President Nicolas Maduro’s order to expel the diplomat has been reversed. YURI CORTEZ AFP/File
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Maduro on Monday gave the EU’s Isabel Brilhante Pedrosa 72 hours to leave the country in response to European sanctions against 11 Venezuelans.

“The Venezuelan government decided to nullify the decision,” said the statement from Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

(AFP)

 

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