- Title: Maduro and Trump should meet to "find common ground" - Venezuela minister
- Date: 27th February 2019
- Summary: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (FEBRUARY 27, 2019) (REUTERS) ARGENTINA'S EMPTY SEAT SEEN IN THE FOREGROUND, WITH OTHER MEMBER STATES DELEGATES LISTENING TO ARREAZA ARGENTINA'S EMPTY SEAT BRAZIL'S EMPTY SEAT ARREAZA SEEN ON BIG SCREEN WHILE DELIVERING HIS SPEECH
- Embargoed: 13th March 2019 16:59
- Keywords: Jorge Arreaza Maduro human rights council UN U.S. Trump
- Location: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
- City: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
- Country: Switzerland
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA005A3D09C7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: PLEASE NOTE: SPANISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED BY OFFICIAL INTERPRETER ON THE GROUND
Venezuela's foreign minister said on Wednesday (February 27) that the United States was trying to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro and that his country had lost $30 billion in assets "confiscated" since Nov. 2017, including from the state oil company Citgo.
Jorge Arreaza, addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council despite a walk-out by dozens of Western envoys, suggested that Maduro and U.S. President Donald Trump meet to "try to find common ground and explain their differences."
He told reporters foreign powers supporting an aid caravan not authorised by the Venezuelan government were weaponising humanitarian aid, and that his government was working with the U.N. and Red Cross to provide assistance amid widespread food and medicine shortages.
Diplomats also walked out of a disarmament conference in protest to a speech by Venezuelan official Felix Plasencia. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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