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UK recognition of Venezuelan opposition leader would ‘breach
international law’

The UK Government recognising Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido
as head of state would be “unlawful under international law”, the High Court has heard.

Lawyers representing the board of Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV)
appointed by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said such a “premature” step would be “an impermissible intervention in the affairs of Venezuela”.

The claim was made during a legal battle over the fate of around one
billion US dollars (£800 million) of gold bullion held in the vaults of
the Bank of England (BoE) on behalf of the BCV, which the Maduro regime
says it wants to sell to help tackle the country’s coronavirus crisis.

Mr Guaido, the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, who is recognised
by the US and more than 50 other nations, has appointed his own “ad hoc” board of the BCV and personally asked former BoE governor Mark Carney
not to “act on instructions from the Maduro board”.

At a hearing this week, the High Court is being asked to decide who the
UK Government formally recognises as the president of Venezuela.

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