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June 28, 2022

France Says Western Powers Should Open Oil Markets to Iran and Venezuela
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France is calling on Western powers to continue negotiations that would
allow Venezuela and Iran to return to the oil market in an attempt to
combat the energy crisis and rising prices due to the war in Ukraine.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro responded in a televised address
from Caracas Monday.

President Nicolás Maduro: "I would tell President Macron: Venezuela is
ready to receive all the French companies that want to come to produce
gas and petrol for the European market, for the global market. You are
welcome to come whenever. The road is paved. We are prepared, ready and
happy to do it."

This comes as senior U.S. government officials recently secretly
traveled to Caracas in the latest attempt to reestablish ties with the
Venezuelan government and release U.S. citizens detained in Venezuela. 


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