In Montevideo held the first meeting of the contact group in Venezuela, which was organized by Uruguay and Mexico. The final message was read out by the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini. In her expressions, the contact group wants to work on the safeguards of the electoral process in the Bolivarian Republic. for example, it is expected to guide in-country technical mission. Mogherini stressed that the crisis in Venezuela need to be resolved without use of violence. The next meeting will be held in early March at the Ministerial level. It is expected to review progress in resolving the situation in the South American Republic. in practice, immediately after the meeting the US opposed the contact group. The special representative of the US capital on the situation in Venezuela Elliott Abrams asked in a persistent form, to the country only dealt with Juan, Guido as interim President. "The time for dialogue with Maduro is long gone," said Abrams. The special representative said that Maduro will tighten the dialogue and "manipulate" them. "Do not fall into the trap that he had laid many times when the narrative is about the phony dialogue instead of sending a clear signal that he must leave," said the Commissioner. The diplomat expressed the opinion that Maduro after the change of power could go to Cuba or the Russian Federation. "there are others, they came to us and said they would take members of the current illegitimate regime," said Abrams. Twenty 3-th of January the speaker of Parliament of Venezuela Juan Guido declared himself head of the country for the validity period of the provisional government. The United States and several other countries shared the recognition of Guido and wanted to get away from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to prevent military action against the opposition. Maduro declared himself constitutional President, and the head of the opposition Parliament called " a puppet of the US ". Russia, China and several other countries endorsed Maduro as the legitimate President of Venezuela. <span style="color:darkgray