Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela September 25, 2018. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS
TASS: Venezuelan president Maduro says ready to meet Trump face-to-face
The Venezuelan leader also said that sanctions against his country were useless
MOSCOW, September 26. /TASS/. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he was ready to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump in person.
"I’m ready to talk to US President Donald Trump. I would like it to be a face-to-face meeting between Donald Trump and Nicolas Maduro," he said in a state TV channel broadcast.
The Venezuelan leader also said that sanctions against his country were useless.
"Not only US sanctions are useless, they are also an award for revolutionaries, because they show that we are courageous, that we are on the right way, that we have not been led astray," he said.
The country’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said later in the day that the Venezuelan president was ready to meet as early as on Wednesday.
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WNU Editor: President Trump has responded .... Trump open to meeting Venezuela's Maduro, says all options on table (Reuters). What's my take .... they are not going to meet.
