MOSCOW, Jan 6 — The European Union (EU) will not recognise Delcy Rodriguez as Venezuela's interim president, but will maintain limited contacts with the South American country to safeguard its interests
Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported European Commission foreign affairs spokesman Anitta Hipper as saying that "what we will do in this case is what we have done so far".
“Although we have not recognised the legitimacy of President [Nicolás] Maduro, nor that of Delcy Rodriguez, we will maintain targeted engagement with the Venezuelan authorities to safeguard our own interests,” she told a briefing in Brussels on Tuesday.
Hipper added that the EU expected to see the future of Venezuela "shaped to an inclusive dialogue leading to a democratic transition" that would include all actors committed to democracy, such as Venezuelan opposition leaders.
Rodriguez was sworn in as the interim president of Venezuela before the National Assembly on Monday, days after Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured in a United States military operation.
