This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland Goodlughur Tor.

Iceland supports @jguaido as the Interim President of Venezuela. It will be respected.

- Guðlaugur Þór (@GudlaugurThor) February 4, 2019

“Iceland recognizes Juan Guaiido as interim president of Venezuela. Now it is necessary to hold free and fair elections and respect the will of the people, ”Thor wrote in his microblog on Twitter.

On February 4, a number of European countries recognized Guaido as interim president of Venezuela.

In turn, the Venezuelan authorities announced their intention to reconsider relations with European countries that recognized the Guaido Acting Head of State.