CARACAS (Sputnik) – The last group of US diplomats has left Venezuela earlier in the day, said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, adding that he had tasked the country’s foreign ministry to launch talks with the United States on creation of so-called offices of mutual interests in the countries within 30 days.
Earlier in the day, the ministry released a statement announcing that the offices would be created.
„They [US diplomats] have already left the country, the last group left today,“ Maduro said in his address for a Venezuelan youth organization.
Earlier, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the United States and Venezuela will hold talks within 30 days on creation of „offices of mutual interests“ in the countries‘ capitals, and during this period the diplomas from the US and the Venezuelan embassies will be allowed not to leave the countries where they are working.
