US President Donald Trump has expressed his willingness to consider the possibility of meeting his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicholas Maduro, at the same time reducing the importance of the opposition, Speaker of Parliament Juan Guadio, according to the US news website "Axios".
"I can think of that, Maduro wants to meet ... I have never opposed meetings, you know, I have rarely opposed meetings," Trump said in an interview published by the website yesterday.
Trump also hinted during the interview that he "does not trust very much Guaido," expressing his "strong opposition to what is happening in Venezuela."
On the recognition of Guaido, he said, "I agreed, I do not think this has had a significant impact in one way or another."
It is noteworthy that Venezuela has been witnessing a power struggle since January 23, 2019, as Parliament Speaker Juan Guaido declared himself the acting president of the country, in an attempt to exclude the socialist president Maduro, who started a second term after elections boycotted by the opposition and denounced by the international community, considering them to be fraudulent.
About 60 countries - led by the United States - recognized Goaedo as acting president, but China and Russia supported Maduro, whose regime is subject to US sanctions.
In March, the US judiciary charged Maduro with "terrorism linked to drug trafficking", with a reward of 15 million dollars for his arrest.
But after its strategy to remove Maduro from power failed, the United States proposed in March a "new framework for democratic transition" in Venezuela.