Luis Arce has reestablished ties with the governments of …

The President of Bolivia Luis Arce reestablished his ties with the governments of Venezuela and Iran. The agent appointed the ambassadors of the two countries, separately, during a ceremony at the executive headquarters. During the de facto government Jeanine Áñez had sacked the legal representatives of the Bolivarian government. In his place, he recognized an ambassador appointed by the self-proclaimed Juan Guaidó. Regarding Iran, the interim president directly had ordered the closure of the diplomatic mission of this country. This Wednesday representatives of the government of Nicolás Maduro and the Iranian executive again presented their credentials in front of the brand new president of the Movement towards Socialism (MAS).

During a ceremony in Plaza Murillo de La Paz, where the seat of the country’s executive and legislative powers is located, the new ambassadors of Venezuela and Iran appeared before the Bolivian president. Separately, diplomats Mortessa Tabreshi, from Iran, and Alexandre yanez, from Venezuela, came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia to the former government palace. There they were received with the military honors given them by the presidential escort. Once inside the building, the two spoke with the President and Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta. In this way the country’s foreign policy has followed the line of the governments of former President Evo Morales.

Relations between Bolivia and Venezuela have been crippled since the coup in November last year. At that time, an administrative provision of the de facto government ordered the expulsion of Venezuelan diplomats. The move came amid accusations of alleged interference in the country’s internal affairs. In addition, the de facto government denounced attacks on internal security and violations of diplomatic standards by the Venezuelan mission at the time. Two weeks ago, Áñez awarded diplomatic distinctions to José Cumare, sent by Guaidó. The former interim president has just made this decision two days after the recent general elections in Bolivia., when we already knew that Arce had won with more than 50% of the votes.

Last Monday, the Venezuelan authorities were able to return to their diplomatic headquarters. “Charged with the love of Commander Chávez for the Bolivian people, Venezuela recovers its embassy in Bolivia and returns to its place of origin the emblematic painting of the commander, recovered by diplomats during the coupThe Venezuelan Foreign Ministry wrote on Twitter. Jorge Arreza, head of the Foreign Ministry, denounced Monday the dilapidated state in which they found the seat. “The usurpers dismantled it, took books, computers, works of art, even the bust of the liberator Simón Bolívar.; what they have done is the same thing they want to do with our people, ”said Arreaza.

Bolivia’s relationship with Iran it was interrupted last June when Áñez announced the closure of the embassy. To make this decision the de facto president had argued budgetary problemss. He said there was a need to redistribute the income to use it to fight the novel coronavirus, which also affected relations with Cuba. This decision was taken despiteLa Paz and Tehran had signed more than a dozen agreements in areas such as health, defense, research, mining and industrial cooperation during Morales’ tenure.

The restitution of the ambassadors of Mexico and Spain is still pending. The two diplomatic headquarters had had violent clashes with the de facto government. In the case of Mexico the situation became tense after the political asylum granted by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to Morales, former Vice-President Álvaro García Linera and several former officials of his government. Regarding Spain, relations were broken after cases of corruption in the purchase of sanitary equipment by the interim government from companies in this country. The election winner was hardly known Arce announced that he will rebuild those links.