(ANSA-AP) - ATHENS, 12 JUL - Greece's new government says it
is recognizing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the
country's interim president, saying this would align Greece with
the European Union's joint position. The foreign ministry
announcement Friday reverses the previous government's position,
which had aligned itself with embattled Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro.
Around 50 countries have recognized Guaido as interim
president, asserting Maduro's re-election last year was
illegitimate. Greece's foreign ministry announced it had
"decided to recognize the president of the democratically
elected national assembly, Juan Guaido, as the interim president
of Venezuela in order for him to call free, fair and democratic
presidential elections."
The country's conservative party, led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis,
comfortably won Sunday's election, defeating the previous
left-wing government of Alexis Tsipras. (ANSA-AP).
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