Broadcast performances Pompeo led C-SPAN.
“Elliot will be an important acquisition for our mission to help the Venezuelan people fully restore democracy and prosperity in their country,” said Pompeo.
He added that Abrams will visit New York, where a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Venezuela is scheduled, after which he will go to Latin American countries.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the US policy toward Venezuela destructive.