The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alberto van KlaverenI do not discard apply sanctions against the Chilean ambassador in Spain, Javier Velascowho would have announced that the country is seeking a “new partner in defense.”
From Sweden, the chancellor reported that He requested a report from the diplomat to know the details of his statements and the context.
“In my capacity as Minister of Foreign Affairs I am the direct boss of all ambassadors, including of course Ambassador Javier Velasco. “I am in contact with him and I have requested a report precisely to account for exactly what he said and the context in which he said it,” stated the Secretary of State.
As revealed The countryVelasco pointed out that before the weakening relations with Israel product of the conflict in Gaza, Chile could look to Spain for a new partner in the defense sector.
“It has been very hard for us to have to ask a country to refrain from attending a fair where so many relationships are woven (…) It is also an opportunity for other partners: it was in that instance that ELS Industries, “ITP and Indra sat down to think about what a future could be like where the Israeli sector could share space with other partners,” the ambassador expressed in the middle of an event about Brand Management in Complex Environments.
Faced with these statements, Van Klaveren asserted that before taking sanctions “I have to know your own version before taking any action in this regard,” but he anticipated being “asking for explanations of the case.”
The chancellor was emphatic in stating that “If the versions that have circulated respond to exactly what he said, I think he has exceeded his powers.”
