“I said to him, what is your message for myself and the other foreign ministers?” British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said. “He said two things: please keep up the pressure on Maduro who has done so much damage and remember this is about the humanitarian catastrophe that is going on at the moment.”The United States has recognized Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state and denounced Maduro as a usurper. Maduro, sworn in on Jan. 10 for a second term after disputed elections last year, accuses Guaido of staging a US-directed coup against him. Maduro is backed by a number of countries, including Russia. Hunt criticized Britain’s opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for siding with Maduro.

Source: bd News24 January 31, 2019 08:48 UTC