Foreign Minister Heiko Maas does not want to change, in spite of the expulsion of the German Ambassador from Venezuela its course. Germany holds on to the support of the self-proclaimed transitional President Juan Guaidó.
It is clearly against the Maduro Regime in Venezuela: foreign Minister Maas
The clear words of the German foreign Minister can be there this Thursday in Berlin did not lack. The expulsion of the German Ambassador, Daniel Kriener from Venezuela called Maas, “understandable” and “not acceptable”.
Kriener was created by Maas back to Berlin where it is expected on Saturday. Maas stressed that this will not change the German support for the transitional President Juan Guaidó. “This support is irreversible,” stressed Maas with a serious face. Germany will continue to support Guaidó more, free, fair and democratic elections.
German Ambassador Daniel Kriener was declared in Venezuela for the unwanted Person
Ambassador was at the Express request of the Minister
On Wednesday, the Venezuelan government had declared surprisingly and without notice, the German Ambassador Persona non grata. Previously Kriener Guaidó was greeted at the Caracas airport on his return from a trip abroad – together with ambassadors of other countries. Maas stressed that the Ambassador had acted on his “Express wish”. “I believe that the presence of various ambassadors has contributed a part, to prevent this arrest,” said Maas. There had been information that an arrest of Guaidó.
Among foreign policy experts in Berlin, the Ambassador broke-out throw by the Maduro government, from the horror. Jürgen Hardt, the foreign policy spokesman of the parliamentary group of the CDU and CSU, holding Maduro’s Actions to be illegitimate. “The aim must be that the Ambassador can return Kriener quickly to Caracas.” Andrej Hunko of the left party stressed, however, that the expulsion was a result of the hasty recognition of Guaidós by the Federal government. This recognition had violated “international law principles”.
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Something like that happened to German diplomats rarely
Internationally, it happens quite often that diplomats of a country are referred to. At the time of the Cold war, this is an integral part of the psychological warfare between the governments in Washington and Moscow. German diplomats were declared in the past, however, relatively rare to the unwanted Person.
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Maas: expulsion “incomprehensible and unacceptable”
After the poison attack on the former double agent Sergei Skripal in March of last year in England, Russia referred to the four German Embassy, members of the country – as a reaction to the diplomatic row with the West. In 2012, the German diplomats had to leave the civil war country Syria as a reaction to the previous expulsion of Syrian diplomats from Germany. And also in Rwanda in 2008, the German Ambassador had to pack our bags. A dispute over the arrest of a Rwandan diplomat at the Frankfurt airport, was gone. The Rwandan government said at the time, however, that the step did not mean the rupture of relations.
How to throw a diplomats out
Before a Diplomat is reported, it must announce the host country the decision to the sending state. In the case of Venezuela was in breach of this rule, the Convention in the “Vienna diplomatic relations” was agreed. The agreement from the year 1961 governs the immunity of diplomats, and has been ratified by 190 countries.
In the core, it says that diplomats are protected in your host country prior to criminal prosecution. You may not be arrested. A Diplomat commits a Crime, is left to the host country the only possibility is to refer the diplomats to the country, to explain to him, in accordance with article 9 of the Vienna Convention’s Persona non grata, so to the unwanted Person. In this case, the person Concerned must leave the country within seven days, and is tolerated up to the time of departure. For family members of the diplomat’s expulsion also applies, because your residence permit is usually linked to these diplomatic Status.
A betrayal of the Venezuelan people?
The self-proclaimed transitional response, President Juan Guaidó was reported in the news magazine “der Spiegel”. In an Interview, he called out, throwing Krieners a sign of the helplessness of the Maduro government.
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“He’s trying to dazzle the Public, to make them believe that he had still the Power, the Ambassador expelled,” said Guaidó. “But he harms himself, because the Regime is isolated and has no support from the neighbouring countries and Europe.” Guaidó stressed that he sincerely hope that Europe is now closed, and decided to respond.
The politician received also Kriener in the national Assembly in Caracas. “We have rejected over the threats by the illegal Regime,” wrote Guaidó on Twitter. Kriener had informed him that he for consultations to the Foreign office to Berlin travel. The German Embassy in Caracas to remain during the absence of the diplomats still open, re-wrote Guaidó.
The 56-year-old Nicolás Maduro has ruled Venezuela since 2013 and was elected in 2018. This re-election is not recognized by Germany and many other countries, however, because they failed to satisfy all the democratic and constitutional Standards, said the German foreign Minister. International election observers had declared the election process as not free and not fair.
The of the Venezuelan Opposition-dominated national Assembly had declared the result of the re-election of Maduro’s are also invalid and Guaidó to the interim President appointed. Maduro claimed the presidency for himself, and is so far supported by the military. Many observers fear that Maduro could materialize in this situation, more radical.
Over 50 countries worldwide, including Germany, have recognized Guaidó as the rightful interim President of Venezuela. The 35-year-old politician has promised to lead a transitional government, the elections, the of China, Russia, and Turkey, supported Maduro to replace.