President Nicolás Maduro Moros this Wednesday received Letters of Credence from five newly accredited ambassadors—Ivory Coast, Belarus, Hungary, Azerbaijan, and Cambodia—underscoring Venezuela’s commitment to active cooperation and shared defense of national sovereignty in the face of recent U.S. naval deployments.

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During the ceremony in the Sol del Perú Hall at the Miraflores Palace, Maduro welcomed:

• Ambassador Diamoutene Alassane Zié of Ivory Coast
• Ambassador Dzmitry Dzeravinski of Belarus
• Ambassador Dániel Szécsi of Hungary
• Ambassador Ruslan Rzayev of Azerbaijan
• Ambassador Chea Thireak of Cambodia

Foreign Minister Yván Gil and Vice Minister for Africa Yuri Pimentel joined Maduro in affirming the Bolivarian Republic’s guiding principles: sovereignty, equality among states, humanity, self-determination, and mutual respect.

Maduro warned that Venezuela’s status as a “territory of peace” is under threat from the presence of U.S. warships and a nuclear-powered submarine near its maritime borders—actions he argued contravene the Treaty of Tlatelolco. Signed in Mexico City on February 14, 1967, that treaty established Latin America and the Caribbean as the world’s first densely populated nuclear-weapon-free zone.

Highlighting broad international support, the president contrasted Venezuela’s “Bolivarian diplomacy” with gunboat diplomacy, invoking Hugo Chávez’s legacy. “Venezuela does not accept anyone’s supremacism,” Maduro declared. “We embody Bolívar’s dignity and courage.”

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