Thursday, March 17, 2011

.- Honduras Honduras deny that is to close its embassy in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina

TEGUCIGALPA, 17 Mar. The Government of Honduras has denied it will close its embassy in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina, because countries do not recognize the government of Porfirio Lobo, and reiterated that his desire is to "establish relations diplomatic and trade relations with all countries in the world.

" In a statement, the President explained that "at no time" the Government of the Wolf "has ordered the closure of embassies in South American countries, where previously there were diplomatic representatives of Honduras." The official statement was issued hours after local media statements disclose Honduran Foreign Minister, Mario Canahuati, on the supposed intentions of Tegucigalpa to close its diplomatic missions in several countries and allocate these resources to open trade offices in India, Singapore, China and Canada.

"It is better to have friends than enemies," he said. Canahuati claims before a reporter asked: "Does the proposal would, for example, closing the embassy in Ecuador and Peru were that of which will be operating in Ecuador and Venezuela?". To which the Chancellor replied: "That's right, possibly because there is, or is that outside of Peru than perhaps operate in Ecuador and Bolivia, Argentina's equally logically," according to local newspaper 'The Herald '.

The Presidency said that "international politics" Wolf "is to establish diplomatic and trade relations with all countries of the world" and "dialogue in the framework of mutual respect with all nations of the world stage, in order to strengthen ties of friendship and cooperation. " Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina broke off relations with Honduras and Lobo have refused to recognize the grounds that government is a continuation of 'de facto' that was installed on June 28, 2009 after the coup against President Manuel Zelaya .

After the expulsion of diplomatic Honduran appointed Lobo Jorge Arturo Reina, a former representative of Honduras to the UN in the Zelaya government, as ambassador applicant with the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). None of such governments ruled Canahuati following statements, which had been "misinterpreted" by journalists, according to Honduran deputy foreign minister asserted, Alden Rivera.

"What he said is that it is doing a study performed on an ongoing basis to determine the desirability of preserving or concurrent resident missions of diplomatic missions and consular Honduras anywhere in the world," he explained. Honduras does not have any representation in Venezuela, Argentina and Jamaica, while in Brazil and Ecuador working in a "normal" the consulate and a business manager, respectively, as clarified Rivera was quoted by local media.

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