Venezuelan government resumes talks with opposition

Negotiations between the Venezuelan government and opposition took place for the first time since October 2021. REUTERS sources said

The speaker of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Jorge Rodriguez, met with opposition representative Gerardo Blyde for the first time since October 2021. Rodriguez posted a photo from the meeting on his Twitter.

“As a representative of the delegation of the government of Venezuela, I held a meeting with Gerardo Blyde to find a plan of action for the future,” the politician wrote under the photo.

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Earlier, Reuters sources reported about the imminent resumption of negotiations between the government and the opposition of Venezuela. According to them, this is due to Washington's demand in exchange for the lifting of a number of sanctions against the work of foreign oil companies in the country.

Venezuela confirmed the lifting of US sanctions on the work of oil workers in the country Politics

The United States, amid mass protests in 2019 in Venezuela, supported opposition leader Juan Guaido, and former President Donald Trump proclaimed him the HEAD of the country. Washington also imposed sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his entourage, imposed restrictions on the EXPORT and import of oil .

Earlier on May 18, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez confirmed the lifting of US sanctions on the work of foreign oil companies in the country. On the same day, the US Treasury, in agreement with the State Department, issued a license that gives permission to the American oil and gas company Chevron to negotiate a possible resumption of production in Venezuela.

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Negotiations between the United States and Venezuela on lifting the oil embargo resumed after RUSSIA launched a special operation in Ukraine and imposed sanctions against Moscow on oil supplies. In early March, Reuters, citing sources, reported that US officials are trying to negotiate with the leadership of Venezuela to ease sanctions on oil exports. According to the interlocutors of the agency, Maduro personally insisted on the lifting of US sanctions.