The EU countries have decided to set up an international contact group on Venezuela crisis, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini said Thursday.
“We have decided the establishment of an international contact group that has been agreed among our member states and with some Latin American countries that will participate in that”, Mogherini told reporters.
On 23 January, Juan Guaido, the head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, proclaimed himself as the country’s interim leader and was supported by Brazil, Canada, the United States and a number of other countries.
Russia, China, Mexico, Uruguay, Iran and Turkey among other countries, have voiced support for Maduro as the only legitimate president of Venezuela.