Venezuela's Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez waves during his meeting with Colombia's Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin in Caracas November 19, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Venezuela's United Nations ambassador has apologised to Israel's U.N. envoy for remarks he made during an informal Security Council meeting on the protection of the Palestinian people and stands against anti-Semitism, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday.
Israel's mission to the United Nations said in a statement last week that Venezuela's Ambassador Rafael Ramirez asked during the meeting last Friday if Israel was seeking "to wage a final solution" against the Palestinians.
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