Sweden–Venezuela relations

Swedish-Venezuelan relations
Map indicating locations of Sweden and Venezuela

Sweden

Venezuela

Swedish–Venezuelan relations are the bilateral relations between Sweden and Venezuela.

History

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Sweden was among the 28 European Union countries that did not recognize the results of the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly elections.[1] Sweden also disavowed the results of the 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, where Nicolás Maduro was declared as the winner.[citation needed]

In 2019, during the Venezuelan presidential crisis, Sweden recognized Juan Guaidó as president of Venezuela and pledged to assist with the delivery of humanitarian aid that year.[2][3] On January 31, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, announced the creation of a "contact group for Venezuela" initially composed of eight European and four Latin American countries, including Sweden, which would hold its first meeting in Uruguay on February 7 and work for 90 days on the possibility of facilitating a dialogue leading to elections in Venezuela.[4]

Diplomatic missions

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Sweden is represented in Venezuela through its embassy in Bogotá, Colombia. Consulates-generales in Caracas and consulate in Porlamar, Isla Margarita.[5] Venezuela had an embassy in Stockholm until March 2018.[6] The Venezuelan embassy in Sweden had been founded as a consulate in 1948, and became an embassy in 1961.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Los 28 países de la UE no reconocen la Constituyente". Hoy Digital (in European Spanish). 3 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden". Twitter. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. ^ Engberg, Ulla; Radosevich, Frank (February 2019). "Sweden sending aid to Venezuela as political crisis deepens". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Uruguay integra grupo de contacto por Venezuela junto con la UE y otros estados". El Observador. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Sveriges ambassad | SwedenAbroad". Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  6. ^ Ericson, Mats (24 February 2018). "Ska Venezuelas regim störtas?". Vestmanlands Läns Tidning (in Swedish). p. 25.
  7. ^ "Om ambassaden". Embajada de Venezuela en Suecia (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2022.