“I find it very regrettable that the Maduro regime refused to participate in negotiations [with the opposition] in Mexico, but I think this also indicates that, unfortunately, Maduro puts his own interests above the interests of the Venezuelan people,” he said. Blinken at a joint press conference in Quito with Ecuadorian Foreign and Migration Minister Mauricio Montalvo.

According to him, Maduro put the interests of one person above the interests of all the people of Venezuela.

Earlier, Nicholas Maduro said that the armed forces of Venezuela will soon begin to conduct maneuvers.