´”Respect for Venezuela is the premise for dialogue with the United States”, Maduro Said

President Maduro, on the CNE, July 2024 Photo: Prensa Presidencial

August 1, 2024 Hour: 7:28 pm

“If the US government is willing to respect Venezuela’s sovereignty, to stop threatening Venezuela, we can resume dialogue”

In a strong message, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, has urged the US government to respect Venezuela’s sovereignty as a precondition for dialogue between the two nations.

“If the US government is willing to respect Venezuela’s sovereignty, to stop threatening Venezuela, we can resume dialogue, but on the basis of a single point: Qatar’s compliance”, said President Maduro, on the national network, in response to one of the questions, during an international press conference held at the Miraflores Palace.

The head of state announced his intention to publish the minutes and letters related to the Qatar agreements on its social networks as part of a strategy to demonstrate transparency and The Commission has also been working on a number of proposals.

“(…) I will publish the letters from Qatar on my social networks, you will see that it was a perfect negotiation,” said the Venezuelan President.

Siempre he dialogado, si el gobierno de los EE. UU. está dispuesto a respetar la soberanía y dejar de amenazar a #Venezuela podemos retomar el #Diálogo pero con base en un punto único: "Cumplimiento de Qatar". Esta es el acta de aquella negociación. pic.twitter.com/VatCK7fD8b
— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 1, 2024

Minutes of the Negotiation between Venezuela and the United States in Doja, Qatar, In Spanish

The President recalled his experience in international negotiations, which allows him to have a willingness to dialogue with all sectors.

“I know diplomacy, I know negotiation, because I learned it in the trade union world and then Chávez appointed me chancellor and I learned there. As president, I am a man of dialogue, negotiation, agreement, I have a word, respect what is signed, what is spoken”, he said. He stressed the need to respect the agreements and treaties signed, especially in the context of bilateral relations.

“I have a word; I respect what is signed and what is spoken. The negotiators of the United States of America, Juan González, you know that I am by word (…) President Biden, he knows who I am. With respect to President Biden, I congratulated him on his decision to retire for health reasons,” Maduro said.

He also reaffirmed Venezuela’s position as a sovereign nation that does not accept external interference. “Venezuela is not your colony. What do you mean, you lost patience with Venezuela? So, I can say: I’ve lost patience with you, the United States of America”, said the Venezuelan head of state.

In a gesture of firmness, Maduro stressed: «If they respect Venezuela there will be new dialogues”, while exalting the strength of the people against external pressures.

“We will not lose patience, I promise not to lose patience for your failures and lies, but Venezuela is not mistreated, Venezuela is not treated as a colony», emphasized the National Dignitary.

You “may treat as a colony their agents: González Urrutia, Capriles, Leopoldo López, la Machado, who are their agents, but the people of Venezuela, the honorable people of this country, you have to treat him with respect, there is another world, you are not the center of it and we belong to the new world”, he stressed.