CARACAS: Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yvan Gil on Tuesday announced that the Venezuelan government has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Peru.

“The Government of the Republic of Venezuela has decided to sever diplomatic relations with the Republic of Peru, on the basis of Article 45 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961,” Gil said on social media platform X.

This decision follows a statement from the Peruvian Foreign Minister recognising Edmundo Gonzalez, the Venezuelan opposition candidate, as the country’s President-elect.

Source: Emirates News Agency