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Nine Latin American foreign ministers call for keeping dialogues going in Venezuela

Xinhua, December 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

The foreign ministers of nine Latin American countries have called on the Venezuelan government and the opposition to maintain dialogues so as to solve their crisis, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

The foreign ministers of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay issued a joint call in a press release urging both sides of the Venezuelan conflict to treat each respectfully and strictly stay commited to their agreements.

The call came after this round of talks between the conflicting sides, which began on Oct. 30, ran into trouble on Tuesday when the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) refused to attend the third session, alleging that the government of President Nicolas Maduro had not fulfilled the commitments reached in the previous two sessions.

In a radio interview, MUD leader Jesus Torrealba said "the government is not only failing to fulfill its promises, it is denying all the agreements."

However, both sides later agreed to resume dialogue on Jan. 13, 2017.

The Venezuelan government and the opposition coalition agreed to speak in October to define a roadmap to overcome the country's political and economic crisis, after months of clashes and reprimands. Endi