Venezuelan Foreign Minister handed note to US Charge d'Affairs

"Minister Jorge Arreas, on behalf of President Nicolas Maduro, handed a note of protest to the US Charge d'Affaires in connection with the continuing intervention by the US government and new plans to overthrow (President. - RT )," the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said on Twitter.

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, during a broadcast on his Facebook page, said earlier that he had instructed Foreign Minister Jorge Arreas to call US Chargé d'Affaires Jimmy Storey to hand him an ultimatum.