Venezuela: Chavez slams protesters for assailing Egyptian embassy
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Venezuela: Chavez slams protesters for assailing Egyptian embassy
Venezuela: Chavez slams protesters for assailing Egyptian embassyVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez slammed a group of young Venezuelans with Egyptian ties who took over the Egyptian embassy in Caracas on Friday (January 28) in a sign of solidarity with protesters in Egypt demanding Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resign. Chavez said he was concerned about the actions saying it was unacceptable and that Venezuela has to protect all foreign embassies which are sovereign territory. The Venezuelan leader said the embassy was instructed not to provoke violence and that the protesters peacefully left soon after taking control of the building and being talked down by Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro. Look at what is happening in Egypt. And just today I spoke with the foreign minister. Something very worrisome happened that should not have happened in Caracas. A group of Venezuelan citizens that are Egyptian entered the Egyptian embassy. They entered peaceably, as Egyptian citizens. They supposedly went to ask for documents but when they were inside they took over the embassy. This cannot be allowed, Chavez said. Meanwhile, President Mubarak refused early Saturday (January 29) to bow to demands that he resign, after ordering troops and tanks into cities in an attempt to quell an explosion of street protest against his 30-year rule. Mubarak dismissed his government and called for national dialogue to avert chaos following a day of battles between police and protesters angry over poverty and political repression.
