YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, ARMENPRESS. Venezuela has received the first batch of humanitarian aid on February 11, the country’s opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Twitter, adding that it was handed over to doctors, TASS reports.

“In accordance with our competences, we have delivered the first batch of humanitarian aid for the Association of Healthcare Centers. The cargo contains 1.7 million sets of baby food and 4.5 million supplements for pregnant women”, Guaido said without specifying how the cargo entered Venezuela’s territory.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said the initiative on humanitarian aid delivery represents “oligarchy's bad and cheap show” and called on Venezuelans to refuse it. Despite the position announced by official Caracas, a checkpoint for distributing humanitarian aid to Venezuelans was opened on February 8 in Colombia's border city of Cucuta.

On January 23 Venezuelan National Assembly Speaker Juan Guaido proclaimed himself as the country’s acting president. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has described it as a coup attempt and announced severing diplomatic relations with the United States.

Guaido was recognized as interim president by the Lima Group countries (except for Mexico), as well as by Albania, Georgia, the United States, and the Organization of American States. Several EU countries came forward with support for the Venezuelan parliament and expressed hope for new elections to resolve the crisis. Maduro was supported by Russia, Bolivia, Iran, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Turkey. Belarus and China called for resolving all issues by peaceful means and spoke against any interference from the outside. The UN Secretary-General called for dialogue to resolve the crisis.