Venezuela to shut embassies in Norway and Australia

On Monday, Venezuela's government announced it would close its embassies in Norway and Australia while opening new ones in Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe, as part of a restructuring of its foreign service aimed at strengthening alliances in Africa, News.Az reports citing Reuters.

The closures are part of the "strategic re-assignation of resources," the government said in a statement, adding consular services to Venezuelans in those countries would be provided by diplomatic missions, with details to be shared in coming days.