The Russian Government complains that it has not been invited to the meeting on Venezuela in Montevideo

Russia, support of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, regretted on Thursday that he had not been invited to the meeting of the International Contact Group it happens that same day in Montevideo to seek an exit to the crisis in Venezuela.

"We hoped that Russia could participate in the work that will take place today in Montevideo, at least as an observer country., but they told us that such a format was not intended for anyone, "said the Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Ryabkov, at the press agency RIA Novosti.

"We are expecting a lot and we would like to believe that the Montevideo meeting will make a significant political, intellectual and creative contribution to the real solution of the problems in Venezuela," he said.

Riabkov, however, stressed the "concern"Russia before the information that indicates that in this meeting"less attention than expected to the inter-Venezuelan dialogue and solution"

He also warned against attempts "pressure against legitimate authorities in Caracas"what will they do, according to him, this international meeting"another missed opportunity"find a way out of the Venezuelan crisis.

The European Union (EU), eight bloc countries and five Latin American countries met Thursday in the Uruguayan capital for "contribute to creating the conditions for a political and peaceful process"the serious political crisis that shakes Venezuela, according to a European diplomatic source.

Originally convened by Mexico and Uruguay as a meeting of the "neutral countries", this has been turned into a International Contact Group Meeting launched by the EU in late January in Bucharest, which also includes four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Uruguay).

The opposition Juan Guaidó is recognized by some forty countries as interim president of Venezuela.

Maduro, which enjoys the support of Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Turkey, rejected the EU 's ultimatum aimed at convening early presidential elections and accused Washington of orchestrating a coup d'etat.

(With information from AFP)