Thursday, 22/06/2017 17:46 (GMT+7)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has appointed Mr. Samuel Moncada as the new Foreign Minister of the country.
Newly-appointed Foreign Minister Samuel Moncada (Source: AFP/VNA)
Mr. Samuel Moncada was previously the country’s ambassador to the Organisation of American States (OAS).
He will replace Ms. Delcy Rodriguez, who will run for a seat in the controversial new Constituent Assembly.
"She truly deserves the recognition of the entire country because she has defended Venezuelan sovereignty, peace and independence like a tiger," President Maduro said of Rodriguez.
Ms. Delcy Rodriguez had been Foreign Minister of Venezuela since December 2014./.
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