20/05/2019 (Agence Europe) – All interlocutors have a positive appreciation for the efforts of the International Contact Group on Venezuela, although "an increased commitment to a successful political process remains necessary", said the European External Action Service on Saturday 18 May, the day after a political mission to Caracas met with relevant Venezuelan political actors, at which it was represented as well as Italy, Spain, Sweden and Uruguay. This political mission was decided at the beginning of May in San José (Costa Rica), during the third ministerial meeting of the international contact group working for the holding of new presidential elections in Venezuela (see EUROPE 12251/11). A parallel meeting between the Maduro regime and the Venezuelan political opposition took place in Norway. The former wants a peace agreement with the latter, which calls for an end to the usurpation. (MB)