Participants in a protest against the US sanctions policy on a street in Caracas. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 27.Signals of readiness to resume dialogue between the government and the opposition in Venezuela are welcomed in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a comment. participation in its international support in a format that will be acceptable and comfortable for the Venezuelan parties.Russia invariably supports the search for solutions to the problems existing in this country by the Venezuelans themselves through dialogue between them without destructive interference from outside… We have invariably supported the negotiators in a lawful and a constructive desire to find mutually acceptable agreements,» the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed.Maduro condemned the US intention to exclude Venezuela's participation in the Summit of the AmericasThe Russian ministry noted that communication with both the Venezuelan government and opposition politicians indicated their trust in Russia as a reliable international partner. «This attitude was reflected in the memorandum signed in August 2021 in Mexico City, where the role of Russia in the framework of the international support of the inter-Venezuelan dialogue process launched in the Mexican capital was clearly recorded,» the Russian Foreign Ministry recalled. Last year, the «Mexican format» stalled due to the provocative actions of the United States against the Venezuelan businessman and politician Alex Saab, included by Caracas in his official delegation. Negotiations between the Venezuelan authorities and the right-wing opposition in Mexico City, aimed at bringing the country out of the crisis and resolving social tensions, were interrupted in October 2021 after several rounds due to the extradition to the United States of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, who was formally a member of the negotiating delegation from the Maduro government. />Weapons from the United States serve to create irregular armies, Venezuela said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced the resumption and expansion of negotiations with the opposition in March 2022, but no public information about this process has appeared. The meeting of representatives of political forces took place almost immediately after the decision of the United States of America to approve the resumption of operations in the South American country for US and European oil companies. This step, as explained in the US State Department, was made to meet the intention of the Venezuelan government to return to negotiations. The results of the negotiations of the political forces of Venezuela in the United States are called the basis for further decisions to weaken or tighten the sanctions policy against Caracas. President Nicolas Maduro shortly after he was sworn in. Juan Guaido, head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, illegally proclaimed himself interim head of state. A number of Western countries, led by the United States, announced the recognition of Guaido. In turn, Maduro called the head of parliament a puppet of the United States. Russia, China, Turkey and a number of other countries supported Maduro as a legitimate president. As a result of US sanctions, from 2014 to 2020, Venezuela lost 98.6% of all external foreign exchange earnings, payments from the state oil and gas PDVSA to the country's central bank over the past seven years have decreased from $56.609 billion to $73.4 million a year, or more than 99%.
The Venezuelan authorities have resumed negotiations with the opposition
