Juan Guaido

In response, eight EU members recognized Juan Guaido as the South American nation's president.

Maduro on Monday informed the EU that the ultimatum was rejected and that (early) presidential elections would not be held in Venezuela. He claims that the recent elections were legitimate.

In a post on Twitter, conservative New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he "fully supports" Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president and called on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to share the European's Union stance on the issue.

Kosovo is a historical part of Serbia, as Crimea is a historical part of Russia, she added.

"Venezuela was always been on the side of Serbia in all international organizations. Likewise, Serbia has done for us," El-Andari has told the daily Politika.

Greek-American Republican congressman Gus Bilirakis has sent a letter to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urging him to support European efforts to restore democracy in Venezuela.

European Union governments will move to recognize Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president from next week, but using cautious language for fear of setting a precedent for political crises, two EU diplomats said on Feb. 1.

Two SYRIZA MEPs voted against a European Parliament motion to recognize Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as de facto head of state on Thursday, urging the bloc's 28 governments to also consider the opposition leader as "the only legitimate interim president" until there were "new free, transparent and credible presidential elections" in the troubled Latin American nation.

The European Parliament recognized Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as the de-facto head of state on Thursday, a symbolic step that lawmakers said was designed to keep pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.

EU lawmakers voted in a non-binding resolution to recognize Guaido as interim leader and called on all EU governments to follow suit.

Greece has called for "political dialogue" to end the crisis in Venezuela where opposition leader Juan Guaido has declared himself the country's president after mass protests against Nicolas Maduro.

Lavrov was addressing the Venezuela crisis during a news conference on Tuesday when he stressed that Moscow would do "everything in its power to support the lawful authorities in Cara

Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim leader, Juan Guaido, has reportedly called on the Greek government to side with the European Union in pressuring President Nicolas Maduro to hold free and fair elections soon, according to an interview with Greek TV station Skai on Monday.