Venezuela expects Russian observers to take part in monitoring the electoral process in parliamentary elections in the Latin American country next year, said Venezuelan National Constituent Assembly Chairman Diosdado Cabello Rondon on Thursday.
“Next year we will have elections and we hope that you will be able to attend them as observers. Next year, according to the Constitution, elections to the national Assembly should be held and I am sure that this time we will be able to win a landslide victory”, – Rondon said at a meeting with the head of the international Affairs Committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev.
In Venezuela, mass protests against President Nicolas Maduro began on January 21 shortly after he was sworn in. The head of the National Assembly, controlled by the opposition, Juan Guido illegally declared himself interim head of state. A number of Western countries led by the US announced its recognition of Guido. In turn, Maduro called the head of the Parliament a puppet of the United States. Russia, China, Turkey and several other countries supported Maduro as a legitimate President. In Moscow called “presidential status” of Guido non-existent.