MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd February, 2019) Uruguay and the European Union will conduct the first ministerial meeting of an international contact group on Venezuela to contribute to resolving a political crisis in the country, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and President of Uruguay Tabare Vazquez said in a joint statement on Sunday.
"The Oriental Republic of Uruguay and the EU will co-host on Thursday the 7th February the inaugural meeting of the International Contact Group on Venezuela," the statement says.
The meeting, which will take place in Montevideo, will be held at a ministerial level, it added.
The contact group will comprise the European Union, eight of its member states (France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) and Latin American countries (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Uruguay).
Venezuela has been recently going through a political crisis, which further escalated after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president. Incumbent President Nicolas Maduro accused Washington of trying to orchestrate a state coup in Venezuela after the United States and several of its allies immediately recognized Guaido as legitimate interim president. Russia is among the countries that have voiced their support for Maduro.
