The regime of Chavez and Russia negotiate a possible trip from Nicolás Maduro to Saint Petersburg next month

The Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro could go to the Russian city of St. Petersburg next month to participate in an economic forum, announced Monday the Reuters news agency, citing information provided by the news agency RIA from Russia.

The announcement would have been made by the Chancellor of the Chavista regime, Jorge Arreaza, who met Sunday with the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrovat a time when the situation in the Caribbean country is still very tense.

Moscow and Washington are at odds with what is happening in Venezuela, where Maduro cohabits, supported by Russians, Chinese and Cubans; and the acting president Juan Guaidówhich is supported by the United States and more than 50 nations of the world.

Before the meeting, Pompeo told reporters that Maduro "must see that it's collapsing".

"He understands that time is limited and I think he's looking for as much weight as possible before leaving." I do not know if it will be next week or in a month, but the Venezuelan people may find that conditions continue to worsen and that means that it can not maintain its presence there. ", said the Secretary of State North America.

He also downplayed Sunday's meeting between Lavrov and Arreaza: "(Lavrov) did not really meet a Venezuelan official, he met a relative of Maduro, a renegade, not the leader of Venezuela."

Although the meeting held in Finland contains no details so far, the Russian Foreign Ministry has described the meeting as "good and constructive".

With Reuters information