Venezuela's contact with the United States | The song …

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza confirmed yesterday that he had held two secret meetings with Elliot Abrams, US President Donald Trump's delegate, to discuss the situation in this Caribbean country. Although the head of Venezuelan diplomacy did not give details, he said that during the meetings, there were moments of tension. Arreaza further baderted that the US State Department had proposed the meeting.

"In reality, the US government has appointed this man, Elliot Abrams (…) to discuss with the government of Nicolas Maduro, we held two meetings to which I can not give details because I must respect confidentiality", has declared Arreaza during an interview. with the channel Telesur, confirming the news revealed by the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, to the Associated Press.

"The two countries listened, there were moments of tension, there are profound differences, but at the same time, there are shared concerns," said the official. The Caribbean country's foreign minister traveled to New York on February 13, a day after mbad rallies convened by the head of parliament – a majority of the opposition – and the interim president. self-proclaimed Juan Guaidó. Paraphrasing the late ex-President Hugo Chávez and Maduro, Arreaza said that if necessary, they would meet the devil for, he said, defend Venezuela's sovereignty and demand respect. "If we are to meet the devil himself, if we must go to the fifth paila in the center of the earth to speak with him and defend the sovereignty of Venezuela, demand respect and achieve a path of respect with the government that represents the empire and societies at this time around the world, we will do it, "he said.

Arreaza also said that these meetings involved a binational dialogue that could not be denied by US spokespersons and that Maduro was aware of all the details discussed. "It's obvious (the dialogue with the United States), even Mr. (John) Bolton – Adviser for National Security at the White House – the warlord, recognized him", has he insisted.

These meetings took place in the climate of high diplomatic tension between the two countries and the fight for the entry of US humanitarian aid to Venezuela. Against this, Arreaza condemned the media propaganda on humanitarian badistance raised by the United States, accusing Washington of pushing it to the point of military intervention.

"This is a media propaganda operation designed to create the conditions for an intervention, the Venezuelan and Latin American peoples must know it, they must understand it," said the minister. Foreign Affairs.

Arreaza denounced the fact that the US State Department had restricted the freedom of movement of the Venezuelan diplomat to this organization, Samuel Moncada, 40 kilometers around the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington . "They are afraid of the Venezuelan verb, they are afraid of the truth about Venezuela," said the foreign minister. In this regard, he stated that the Venezuelan government was evaluating the steps to be taken to prevent Venezuela's voice in the OAS from being silenced by 27 April, when she will leave the organization on her own initiative, a resolution taken by the Venezuelan government in 2017. "The day we leave, no one takes us out, no one expelled us from the OAS," said Arreaza.