mo4ch:>Venezuela halts services at consulates in Canada until it 'regains sovereignty in foreign policy' | Mo4ch News
Venezuela will no longer provide services at its consulates in Canada in response to Ottawa shutting down its embassy in Caracas. Canada must stop toeing the US line in its foreign policy, it said.Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza announced on Saturday a temporary suspension of all services at the country's consulates general in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. All of their functions will fall upon the Venezuelan embassy in Ottawa, the ministry said in a statement.Also on rt.comCanadian FM plays good cop to US, promising Cuba 'part to play' in Venezuelan democracyThe diplomatic scale-down is a retaliation to the Canadian government's recent decision to temporarily close its embassy in Caracas and redirect all consular assistance to its embassy in Colombia.The Venezuelan foreign ministry slammed the move, calling it a "political decision" that is "far from being administrative", reflects Ottawa's "continued hostility&quo…