This is reported by AFP.

"The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry rejects the EU ultimatum with regard to the new elections," the agency indicates.

#BREAKING: Venezuelan FM rejects EU ultimatum for new election pic.twitter.com/z8j9s7oOC9

- AFP news agency (@AFP) January 26, 2019

Earlier, France and Spain declared their readiness to recognize the President of Venezuela, the President of the National Assembly, Juan Guaido, if no elections were announced in the country within eight days. Similar conditions have also been put forward in Great Britain and Germany.

Vasily Nebenzya, the Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, commented on the ultimatum put forward by Venezuela about early elections.