Venezuela: Maduro will evoke a "direct dialogue" with the United States

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that he will evoke

, with which diplomatic relations have been broken for two years, as part of the ongoing negotiations with the opposition.

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"We will discuss",

during the negotiations which will open on August 30 in Mexico under the mediation of Norway,

, declared Nicolas Maduro. at a press conference.

he continued.

Diplomatic relations between the United States and Venezuela have been severed since Washington recognized in January 2019 the opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president, as nearly sixty countries.

The administration of former President Donald Trump has called Nicolas Maduro a

since his re-election in 2018 tainted with serious suspicions of fraud, and has increased economic sanctions, including an oil embargo.

However, Nicolas Maduro assured to have

.

New round of negotiations

With the arrival in power of Joe Biden, the socialist leader successor to Hugo Chavez (1999-2013) had already shown himself inclined to resume dialogue with the Democratic president.

said Nicolas Maduro.

The Venezuelan government and the opposition launched a new round of negotiations in Mexico on Friday, after the failure of talks in Barbados in 2019 and the Dominican Republic in 2018, to end the political and economic crisis that is undermining Venezuela.

The United States, Canada and the European Union welcomed the resumption of talks, reiterating their offer to lift the sanctions against the country if successful.