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Nicolás Maduro announced that he met with US officials to discuss decisive issues
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, confirmed that he met with two US officials this weekend, this meeting was held in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, and was televised for the entire nation to see.
The two officials who attended the meeting this past Sunday with Nicolás Maduro were the deputy assistant secretary for the Western Hemisphere, Juan González, and the ambassador for Venezuelan affairs, James Story.
The main point of this meeting was to discuss the issue of the country's energy security, they also discussed other issues of great importance to both countries.
The president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, and the first lady, Cilia Flores, also attended the meeting. Maduro confirmed that the conversations with both officials were very respectful and interesting regarding the issues that were discussed, and have opened a new way of conversation.
Nicolás Maduro confirms the intentions that Venezuela has to be able to increase its production
This past weekend, Maduro had a meeting with some United States officials in which they had several points to discuss at the meeting. In this sense, Maduro confirmed his country's intention to be able to increase crude oil production, this measure occurs when all Russia's crude oil exports are running out more and more, due to the sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine..
In his statements, the Venezuelan president pointed out:
We are ready to recover production. One, two or three million barrels, everything! All in the name of La Paz!”
He also expressed that some scientists have questioned the intelligence and capacity of Venezuela to be able to achieve satisfactory oil production, after so many years of poor production and lack of material resources.
He also said that he will hold talks with the Venezuelan opposition in Mexico City.
In 2021, President N Maduro had canceled the talks that he announced he would resume again, because the Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab was extradited to the United States.
