Venezuela announced on Monday that it was closing its embassy in Norway, less than a week after the opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Ms. Machado was awarded the prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee said was “her tireless work promoting democratic rights,” putting attention on the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuela did not attribute the closure to the peace prize selection, saying it was part of a wider realignment of its diplomacy.
In a statement posted on social media, Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry said it was reallocating resources to focus on establishing alliances with the Global South.
The statement added that Venezuela would also close its embassy in Australia and open new ones in Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso.
The moves were meant to “defend national sovereignty and actively contribute to the construction of a new world order based on justice, solidarity, and inclusion,” officials said in the statement.
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