Venezuela's Maduro rejects EU ultimatum on fresh elections
2019-01-28 09:45:09 source：The Aljazeera
January 28, 2019
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has rejected calls by European nations to hold early elections, calling the opposition leader's self-declaration as president constitutionally null.
"Nobody can give us an ultimatum," Maduro said in an interview with broadcaster CNN Turk aired on Sunday, a day after France, Germany and Spain threatened to recognise opposition leader Juan Guaido as president if elections were not announced within eight days.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini also issued a statement that said the bloc as a whole could recognise Guaido if steps towards new elections were not taken "over the next days".
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