The request was made on March 10 and was fulfilled by Monsignor Marcel Diouf, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Nunciatura in Managua, leaving for Costa Rica.
The Vatican has officially closed its embassy in Nicaragua and announced the departure from the country of Monsignor Marcel Diouf, interim ambassador for Nunciatura in Managua.
Diplomats went to Costa Rica led by Mr. Daniel Ortega at the request of the country on March 10th.
according to vatican newsunder the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, “the administration of the Apostolic Envoys and their property was entrusted to the Italian Republic”.
“Before his departure, Monsignor Diouf was received by accredited diplomatic representatives in Nicaragua from the European Union, Germany, France and Italy,” they added.
Diplomatic ties between Managua and the Vatican were on the verge of breaking on Sunday, with the local foreign ministry saying in a statement that “a suspension of diplomatic ties has been proposed” with the European state.
The statement comes days after Pope Francis, in an interview with Infobae, described Daniel Ortega’s government as a “disrespectful dictatorship” and said the president suffered from “imbalances.”
