PNN – The Argentine government dismissed the official from her position hours after the country’s minister of foreign affairs voted to end the US sanctions against Cuba in the United Nations General Assembly.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from the Associated Press news agency, the President of Argentina, Javier Maile, dismissed his foreign minister hours after the country’s positive vote to cancel the US economic sanctions against Cuba in the United Nations General Assembly.
Manuel Adorni, the spokesperson of Milli, wrote in his user account in the same context: Gerardo Wertain, the ambassador of Argentina to the United States, has replaced Diana Mondino, the minister of foreign affairs.
Adorni did not elaborate on the reasons for the replacement, but the post came hours after Argentina voted Wednesday in favor of ending sanctions against Cuba.
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The office of the President of Argentina also confirmed in a press release that Mundino’s dismissal was due to her vote at the United Nations.
Milli’s office announced in this statement: Our country is firmly opposed to the Cuban dictatorship and will remain steadfast in advancing its foreign policy against all regimes that violate human rights.
On Wednesday, 187 countries, including Argentina, voted in favor of the UN resolution condemning the US embargo on Cuba, while the United States and Israel voted against it.
The Associated Press further noted that since coming to power in December 2023, the liberal nation has shifted its country’s foreign policy more towards the interests of Washington and Tel Aviv.
He is also a supporter of the attacks of the Israeli regime and the bombing and invasion of Gaza and his position is different from most Latin American countries. However, Bolivia and Colombia, as two other countries in this region, have even severed their relations with the Zionist regime, and at least five countries, including Brazil, have withdrawn their ambassadors from Tel Aviv.