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Venezuela's Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, has rejected interventionist statements by the French President Emmanuel Macron.
Cancillería de #Venezuela rechaza declaraciones injerencistas de #España y #Francia https://t.co/cnRXWc82N1 pic.twitter.com/WzGYK8ZQBF
— teleSUR TV (@teleSURtv) 2 September 2017
Arreaza said they "undermine Venezuelan institutionality, and ignore the principles of International Law. "
On his Twitter account, he posted, "We reject the conduct of the president of France Emmanuel Macron, following the script of the European ultra right against Venezuela."
Rechazamos conducta del Presidente de Francia, @EmmanuelMacron , siguiendo el guión de la ultra derecha europea contra Venezuela
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) 2 September 2017
He condemned the support of the French president for "those who have committed grave and notorious crimes of corruption, which in his country are severely punished."
On August 29, Macron called the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a "dictatorship."
Arreaza said, "We demand the French Government to respect the functioning of our institutions. I hope to resume support for dialogue, not corruption."
The Foreign Minister also hit back at the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, tweeting "We repudiate the expressions of intervention (by Rajoy) uttering attacks against Venezuelan democracy and its institutions."
Repudiamos expresiones injerencistas del Presidente @marianorajoy, profiriendo ataques contra la democracia venezolana y sus instituciones
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) 2 September 2017
He added that Spain should "respect our democracy and insttiutions. Imperial arrogance was expelled from Venezuela 200 years ago."
Exigimos al Gob español respeto a nuestra democracia e instituciones. La arrogancia imperial fue expulsada de Venezuela hace ya 200 años
— Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) 2 September 2017
And Arreaza rejected the intervention of Rajoy's government in the case of right-wing opposition candidate Lilian Tintori, who is under investigation after more than US$60,000 in cash found in a vehicle she owned.
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