President Nicolas Maduro says a top U.S.
State Department official will soon visit Venezuela in a bid to ease tensions
between the two nations. Maduro's announcement Tuesday night came a day after
he met with Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of a peace ceremony
in Colombia. It would be the second visit this year by Thomas Shannon,
undersecretary of state for political affairs. A trip in June on a similar
mission that has yet to produce any apparent breakthrough. Maduro
said he also invited Kerry and that the U.S. official said he would come if the
effort at dialogue advances. The State Department declined to comment Wednesday
morning. More…
Thursday, September 29, 2016
U.S. Sending Diplomat to Venezuela
President Nicolas Maduro says a top U.S.
State Department official will soon visit Venezuela in a bid to ease tensions
between the two nations. Maduro's announcement Tuesday night came a day after
he met with Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines of a peace ceremony
in Colombia. It would be the second visit this year by Thomas Shannon,
undersecretary of state for political affairs. A trip in June on a similar
mission that has yet to produce any apparent breakthrough. Maduro
said he also invited Kerry and that the U.S. official said he would come if the
effort at dialogue advances. The State Department declined to comment Wednesday
morning. More…
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