New US sanctions on Venezuela grave mistake: Maduro
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Tue / 23 April 2024 / 11:09
The Venezuelan President meets with an Iranian delegation visiting the country to enhance strategic relations between Caracas and Tehran.
Tehran -ISNA- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro described the United States reimposition of sanctions on his country as a "grave mistake".
US officials recently announced the Biden administration would reimpose sanctions on Venezuela, claiming that the Maduro government did not uphold "an inclusive and competitive election."
The United States "did not honor a single word of the agreement signed last October in Qatar," Maduro stressed during a meeting with an Iranian delegation visiting the country to enhance strategic relations between Caracas and Tehran on Tuesday.
He was referring to talks brokered by Qatar in September 2023, which resulted in a prisoner swap in which 10 Americans and 18 Venezuelans were released in exchange for Alex Saab, a Venezuelan diplomat accused by Washington of money laundering. Saab was liberated in December from US prison after his kidnapping from Cape Verde in 2020.
Venezuela said that Washington had also vowed to end sanctions if a presidential election was held in 2024. The Biden administration suspended some sanctions after Maduro's government and the opposition agreed in Barbados last October to hold a free and fair vote.
Washington later accused Venezuelan authorities of violating the Barbados agreement and preventing the opposition from registering the candidate of their choice.
Maduro on Tuesday emphasized that Caracas' stance remains steadfast in rejecting US hegemony, highlighting that Venezuela and Iran have consistently built a relationship "based on solidarity, brotherhood, and cooperation between two peoples, revolutions, and countries born to be allies."
Earlier, the Venezuelan leader warned that the United States had "shot itself in the foot" by reimposing oil sanctions on his country.
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