(CNN) -- The Bolivian government expelled an Iranian minister to avoid a diplomatic rift with Argentina, the country's foreign minister said. Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi is wanted in Argentina for his alleged role in planning the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994 that killed 85 people. Interpol has issued a "red notice" for Vahidi, which seeks other governments' help in detaining him for possible extradition. An Argentine umbrella organization for the Jewish community, DAIA, demanded that the Bolivians arrest Vahidi once they learned of his official visit. Bolivia opted to ask him to immediately leave the country instead.
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Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was on an official visit to Bolivia
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Argentina has an arrest warrant for him
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He is wanted in connection with a bombing that killed 85 people
Bolivia values its relations with @placeholder, and acted for that reason, he wrote.
Bolivia asked @placeholder "to immediately abandon Bolivian territory and in this way demonstrate with clarity that Bolivia does not wish to interfere with any legal proceedings that could exist."