Venezuelan president calls for 'frank' dialogue with US
Venezuelan president calls for 'frank' dialogue with US
Xinhua, March 14, 2015
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Friday urged the United States for "frank dialogue", calling it an opportunity for his U.S. counterpart to correct an earlier misstep that raised tensions between the two countries.
"I reach out to the U.S. government, to work together towards frank dialogue and solutions based on international law, founded on mutual respect, so we can rectify this serious problem that has been created," Maduro said during a televised broadcast of an official event.
Maduro said President Barack Obama was surrounded by advisers who have misinformed him about Venezuela's situation, and advised him not to be deceived by Washington's right-wing lobbyists trying to affect bilateral ties.
In announcing the third set of sanctions against the South American country, Obama on Monday issued an executive order claiming "the situation in Venezuela ... constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat."
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