France's Latin America and the Caribbean Director Frederic Dore (Front) arrives for a meeting of the International Contact Group on Venezuela, at the Executive Tower, in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, on Feb. 7, 2019. Some 13 countries and the European Union (EU) gathered in Montevideo on Thursday to promote a "peaceful and democratic solution" to the Venezuelan crisis, said an EU senior diplomat. (Xinhua/Nicolas Celaya)