Venezuela is “fully prepared” to normalize relations with the United States, which ended in 2019, President Nicolás Maduro said Sunday.
“Venezuela is ready, totally ready, to move towards a process of normalization of diplomatic, consular and political relations with this government of the United States and with those who may arrive later,” Maduro said in an interview with the Telesur channel, broadcast by the Venezuelan state television. . .
The Maduro government had suspended relations with the United States in 2019, when the US administration of Donald Trump recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela. In an attempt to remove Maduro from power, the US administration has adopted sanctions against Caracas, including an embargo on Venezuelan oil.
Although current US President Joe Biden continues to formally refuse to recognize Maduro as Venezuela’s president, calling the 2018 elections fraudulent, the oil crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine has sparked a resurgence in relations.
Casa Branca sent emissaries to Caracas in 2022 to begin negotiations and alleviate the sanctions against Venezuela after progress in talks between the opposition regime, which will even allow the oil giant Chevron to operate in the Latin American country for the next six months.
“We are ready for dialogue at the highest level, for a respectful relationship, and I hope that a ray of light arrives (…) so that they turn the page, put aside this extremist policy and reach more pragmatic policies regarding Venezuela,” Maduro said.
The Venezuelan president has also stated that “things are going well” with the European Union and that a “permanent dialogue” is being held with the head of diplomacy on the 27th, Josep Borrell.
Source: TSF
