“We didn’t want to do this, because we want to have better relations with all of Europe, but we cannot accept that someone attacks Venezuela, imposes sanctions against Venezuela,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
He noted that the EU has imposed sanctions against the opposition, who participated in the elections, against the judiciary and the armed forces.
On February 22, the European Union included 19 more officials in the sanctions list for Venezuela.
Venezuela has declared the ambassador of the European Union to the country Isabel Brilante persona non grata.