Venezuela's interim government said Monday it was ready to pursue a "new agenda" with the European Union and Britain following talks with envoys after Nicolas Maduro was ousted as president.
The country's Foreign Minister Yvan Gil called for "opening channels of dialogue" with the EU, which did not recognize Maduro as the country's legitimate leader.
The EU imposed sanctions on Maduro's inner circle, openly backed the opposition and urged the inclusion of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in Venezuela's transition.
"We are ready to advance a new, intense work agenda for the well-being of ... all the people of Europe and of Venezuela," Gil said in a broadcast from the Miraflores presidential palace.
The talks between the European envoys and interim President Delcy Rodriguez, alongside her top ministers, covered energy, education, science, technology and pharmaceuticals.
