“We accept in our diplomatic mission 11 diplomats of the former regime out of 56. We are ready to work with them,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

Also, according to the appointed Guaido embassy counselor Gustavo Marcano, the opposition managed to freeze the republic’s accounts and property in the United States.

Earlier, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, during a meeting of the Security Council, said that the United States was preparing a "flagrant" provocation on the border of Venezuela and Colombia on February 23 under the guise of supplying humanitarian aid.