"Venezuela has the right to be a sovereign country, to make its own decisions," he added.

He added, "Israel is a sovereign country and we would not try to tell them how to do their business."

But what you have to remember is that we can't dictate to a sovereign country.

They would remain separate sovereign countries but act as a single bloc in foreign policy and security issues.

"This is the right of any sovereign country," he said.

Let's just take them at their word - that's what you do with sovereign countries - and leave.

He was paying tax in a different sovereign country and moved to another.

Israel, as a sovereign country, has the right to self-defense.

We cannot interfere in the internal affairs of a sovereign country.

A sovereign country would probably not agree to such terms.