It is still just as complicated in Venezuela where two political camps compete for power. Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is in the French embassy in Caracas, said Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, three days after President Nicolas Maduro hinted that his rival was "in hiding" in a diplomatic representation. Jorge Arreaza deplored a "deeply irregular situation".
France, alongside Spain in particular, are part of the fifty countries in the world which recognize Juan Guaido as interim president, rather than Nicolas Maduro, elected head of state according to them by means of serious irregularities.
Diplomatic tensions appeared in May between Paris and Caracas over the treatment of the French ambassador, Romain Nadal.
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“We cannot enter the premises of an embassy of any country, in this case Spain or France, and ensure that justice [the] arrest them by force. This is not possible, "said Jorge Arreaza, interviewed on the radio about the presence of another opponent, Leopoldo Lopez, in the residence of the Spanish ambassador, and that of Juan Guaido at the interior of the French Embassy. "We hope that these governments will change their minds (...) and deliver those who want to escape Venezuelan justice," he added.
"It is a shame for the diplomacy of Spain, it is a shame for the diplomacy of France what has happened, and they will pay the price very, very soon," he said. hammered.
Monday, Nicolas Maduro had suggested that Juan Guaido could have "hidden in an embassy". His opponent had denied. "We are lying to you," he wrote on Twitter, indicating that he was "with the people." The Venezuelan government has repeatedly called Juan Guaido "fugitive", without ever specifying how he would have escaped an arrest warrant.
A French embassy under close surveillance
Since May 2, Venezuelan police have permanently guarded the street where the French ambassador, Romain Nadal, resides, and his residence is deprived of water and electricity. These problems "affect the normal functioning of our diplomatic representation," according to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The embassy, however, continues to report on its activity. On Friday, Romain Nadal posted on Twitter a photo of his meeting with his newly arrived Russian counterpart, Sergei Melik-Bagdasarov.
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