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Reuters
Politics
Philip Pullella

Vatican protests over expulsion of its ambassador to Nicaragua

Apostolic Nuncio Monsignor Stanislaw Sommertag (C) speaks during a news conference in Managua, Nicaragua March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

The Vatican on Saturday protested to Nicaragua over the effective expulsion of its ambassador to Managua, saying the unilateral action was unjustified and incomprehensible.

Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, who was ambassador since 2018, had to leave the country suddenly this week after the government of President Daniel Ortega withdrew its diplomatic approval of the envoy, known in diplomatic language as an agrément.

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