Spain has denied involvement in talks between Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez and President Nicolas Maduro's government for his flight to Spain, before which he signed a letter saying he accepted Maduro's election victory.

Edmundo González said the government made him sign a document recognizing President Nicolás Maduro as the election winner before he could flee to Spain.

Venezuela's former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Friday he sought diplomatic refuge after being warned President Nicolas Maduro's security forces were "coming for you." Gonzalez, whom the opposition insist was the real winner of a July election awarded to Maduro,