EU declares envoy from Venezuela ‘persona non grata’
AFP, BRUSSELS
The EU on Thursday declared Venezuela’s ambassador to the bloc “persona non grata” in a tit-for-tat move after Caracas expelled its own envoy.
A statement said that member states had agreed on the move, proposed by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell after Venezuela ordered the European ambassador to leave.
“This is a response to the decision by the Venezuelan government to declare the head of the EU delegation to Venezuela as persona non grata,” it said. “The EU considers this declaration as wholly unwarranted, and contrary to the EU’s objective of developing relations and building partnerships in third countries.”