Maduro says to accept talks with Venezuela opposition

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrives at the Houari Boumedien Airport in Algiers for a two-day visit on September 10. Maduro is visiting fellow oil exporter Algeria days after announcing his country would sell crude in non-dollar currencies in a bid to resist US sanctions. / AFP/

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he was prepared to meet the opposition for talks brokered by the Dominican Republic and former Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero.

“Zapatero and President (Danilo) Medina know very well that I have been a promoter of this dialogue and I accept this new day of dialogue,” the president said during a cabinet meeting broadcast on television.

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