Tajani speaks to Venezuela opposition leader

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 30 - Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Tuesday that he has spoken to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado after President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in last weekend's contested election there.
    Violent protests erupted in Venezuela after Maduro was declared the winner and Tajani has expressed "many perplexities about the regular course" of the vote.
    "Long phone call with Maria Corina Machado, leader of the opposition to the Maduro regime in Venezuela," Tajani said via X.
    "I expressed my solidarity and closeness to the Venezuelan people, hoping that the values ;;of freedom and democracy can triumph". (ANSA).