President Maduro on the television program Con Maduro +. Photo: Alba Ciudad.
President Nicolás Maduro announced that this Wednesday the “direct dialogue” with the United States government will resume “so that they may comply with the agreements signed in Qatar and to reestablish the terms of dialogue with respect and without manipulation.” President Maduro made the comments during the broadcast of the weekly program Con Maduro +.
“They know who is going to win,” said Venezuela’s president. “I am a man of dialogue, and I want dialogue to bring respect to Venezuela, its democracy, [and] its people… And I want to overcome this conflict of brutal and sterile confrontation with the north; it is up to them to comply.”
President Maduro said that for two continuous months he has received proposals from the United States government to re-establish direct dialogue and that after thinking it over, he has decided to accept them.
President Maduro emphasized the need for these dialogues to be public in order “to avoid manipulations.”
“We are not going to be hidden,” said the president. “We have had many secret meetings, and they do not respect them and come up with versions [of events] that are not true. I have accepted the proposal of the US government to resume direct dialogues, and on Wednesday, Jorge Rodríguez will be there as plenipotentiary head of the national dialogue representing Venezuela, alongside Héctor Rodríguez Castro, and we will debate and seek new agreements so that what was signed in Qatar is fulfilled. I want dialogue, I want understanding, I want a future for our relations, I want changes under the absolute sovereignty and independence of Venezuela.”
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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