尼加拉瓜拒绝美大使人选弗兰切斯基 美国召回驻尼代办返华盛顿「关键磋商」
美国国务院10月13日发表声明说，美国驻尼加拉瓜代办埃利亚斯·鲍曼已经返回华盛顿进行「关键磋商」，此前尼加拉瓜方面拒绝接受美国提名的大使人选纳塔莎·弗兰切斯基。
声明说，共同总统丹尼尔·奥尔特加与其妻罗萨里奥·穆里略的这一决定，「暴露了他们在相互尊重问题上言辞的虚伪，也暴露了他们不惜以尼加拉瓜人民为代价、热衷于政治作秀的意图」。国务院发言人托米·皮戈特表示，奥尔特加和穆里略拒绝弗兰切斯基这位「高度合格的职业外交官」，表明他们「完全无意进行富有成效的外交对话」。
据报道，弗兰切斯基今年8月获特朗普总统提名，并于9月30日获得参议院一致确认；她在美国外交系统任职约25年，职级为资深外交官中的公使衔参赞，曾派驻突尼斯、斯洛伐克、伊拉克以及国务院本部。
声明没有提及断绝外交关系、关闭大使馆、驱逐官员、追加制裁或领事服务变更，也没有说明鲍曼何时返回马那瓜。尼加拉瓜总统府没有立即回应置评请求。
这是尼加拉瓜第二次拒绝美国大使人选：2022年7月，马那瓜曾撤回对时任总统拜登提名的乌戈·罗德里格斯的同意。自2023年以来，美国驻尼加拉瓜大使一职一直空缺。
（来源：美国国务院声明，据路透社报道）
U.S. Recalls Chargé d'Affaires from Nicaragua After Ortega-Murillo Regime Rejects Ambassador Pick Franceschi
The U.S. Department of State said in a statement on October 13 that the acting U.S. envoy to Nicaragua, Chargé d'Affaires Elias Baumann, has returned to Washington "for critical consultations" after Nicaraguan officials rejected the U.S. pick for ambassador, Natasha Franceschi.
The statement said the decision by co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo "demonstrates the hypocrisy of their rhetoric of mutual respect and their desire to engage in political theater at the expense of the Nicaraguan people." State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Ortega and Murillo's rejection of Franceschi, a "highly qualified career diplomat," demonstrates their complete unwillingness to engage in productive diplomatic dialogue.
Franceschi was nominated by President Donald Trump in August and confirmed unanimously by the Senate on September 30. She has approximately 25 years of experience in the U.S. Foreign Service, holds the rank of Minister Counselor in the Senior Foreign Service, and has served in Tunisia, Slovakia, Iraq, and at the State Department.
The statement did not mention any severance of diplomatic ties, embassy closures, expulsion of officials, additional sanctions, or changes to consular services, nor did it specify when Baumann might return to Managua. The Nicaraguan Presidency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This marks Nicaragua's second refusal of a U.S. ambassadorial candidate: in July 2022, Managua withdrew its initial approval for Hugo Rodríguez, who had been nominated by then-President Joe Biden. The U.S. ambassador post in Managua has been vacant since 2023.
(Source: U.S. Department of State statement, as reported by Reuters)
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