Venezuelan opposition, Norway urge Maduro government to resume talks


  • World
  • Monday, 18 Oct 2021

Gerardo Blyde Perez of Venezuela's Unitary Platform speaks during a news conference after the third round of talks with the Venezuelan government was suspended, at a hotel in Mexico City, Mexico October 17, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Cortes

CARACAS/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The chair of the Venezuelan opposition's negotiating team at talks with the government urged President Nicolas Maduro's administration on Sunday to resume dialogue as soon as possible, after the government suspended its participation this weekend.

The government of Maduro, who scoffed at the invitation to resume talks, put the conversations on ice after Colombian businessman Alex Saab, a Venezuelan envoy, was extradited to the United States from Cape Verde on Saturday to face corruption charges.

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