Maduro Ready for Direct Talks With Trump if US Abandons ‘Obama’s Failed Policy of War’

Sputnik Стрингер

Relations between the US and Venezuela deteriorated significantly after Washington recognised Juan Guaido as the country’s leader in spite of a vote in 2018 that saw Nicolas Maduro re-elected for a new term.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told Rossiya 24 that he was not ruling out the possibility of direct talks with his US counterpart.

“Of course, yes,” Maduro replied when asked whether he would agree to talks with President Trump.

Maduro added that he would be ready to negotiate and try to create relations based on mutual respect if the US President abandoned the failed policy of waging war on Venezuela that he inherited from his predecessor Barack Obama.

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