Maduro, who is imprisoned in New York, made the remarks ahead of the meeting between Venezuela’s interim government and opposition leaders
Agence France-Presse
Published: 4:40am, 3 Aug 2026
Venezuela’s imprisoned former leader Nicolas Maduro on Sunday welcomed “any path to dialogue”, ahead of a US-backed meeting in the coming week between representatives of the Latin American country’s interim government and opposition leaders.
“We welcome any path to dialogue that helps consolidate peace, coexistence, and reconciliation among Venezuelans,” read a message posted on the official Telegram account of the deposed president, who is imprisoned in New York following his capture in a US military operation in January.
Meanwhile, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic agreed on Sunday to work towards restoring relations severed two years ago when the latter joined an international chorus of complaints that Maduro’s claimed presidential re-election was fraudulent.
The two countries have now agreed on a road map for talks on “gradual normalisation” of their diplomatic ties, the Venezuelan foreign ministry said in a statement.
Published: 4:40am, 3 Aug 2026
Venezuela’s imprisoned former leader Nicolas Maduro on Sunday welcomed “any path to dialogue”, ahead of a US-backed meeting in the coming week between representatives of the Latin American country’s interim government and opposition leaders.
“We welcome any path to dialogue that helps consolidate peace, coexistence, and reconciliation among Venezuelans,” read a message posted on the official Telegram account of the deposed president, who is imprisoned in New York following his capture in a US military operation in January.
Meanwhile, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic agreed on Sunday to work towards restoring relations severed two years ago when the latter joined an international chorus of complaints that Maduro’s claimed presidential re-election was fraudulent.
The two countries have now agreed on a road map for talks on “gradual normalisation” of their diplomatic ties, the Venezuelan foreign ministry said in a statement.
Maduro, a leftist criticised as a harsh autocrat who oversaw the collapse of oil-rich Venezuela’s economy, was toppled and arrested by US forces in early January and whisked off to New York with his wife for trial on drug trafficking charges.
The former bus driver hand-picked by Hugo Chavez to succeed him claimed victory in presidential elections in 2024 and a mandate for a third term, even though the then US-backed opposition released voting tally sheets showing its candidate Edmundo Gonzalez had scored a landslide victory.
The Dominican Republic joined many other countries in questioning the results and Venezuela reacted angrily by severing ties between the two countries.
Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez. Photo: AFP via Getty ImagesAfter ousting Maduro, the Trump administration let vice-president Delcy Rodriguez stay on as acting president but with a stern warning to open the country up to US companies hungry to profit from its oil, minerals and other resources.
As Rodriguez moved to end her country’s international isolation, Caracas and Santo Domingo agreed in February to restore flights between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, as well as consular services.
Now they have agreed to work towards full restoration of diplomatic relations, according to Venezuela’s foreign ministry.
“This decision responds to the shared interest of strengthening institutional channels of communication to benefit people of both countries,” it said.
In the past two weeks Venezuela also agreed to work towards restoring ties with Peru and Chile which had also been severed in 2024 after the election outcry.
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