"Maduro offered US far-reaching economical concessions – NYT Venezuela was ready to give Washington shares in its oil sector to ease tensions, reported paper sources."

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Venezuela offered far-reaching economical concessions to the United States, including a possible agreement allowing US companies to take a crucial share in its oil sector, in secret talks that lasted for months, reported on Friday the "New York Times", citing sources.Washington, however, reportedly rejected the agreement, and the main point of the dispute was the political future of president Nicolas Maduro.

In the past fewer weeks, Washington has carried out attacks off the coast of Venezuela on what he called ‘drug boats’, By killing more than 20 people and expanding their military presence in the region.

American officials accused Maduro of being linked to drug networks—an allegation that denies it.Caracas accused Washington of seeking to change the regime, why American officials denied it.However, anonymous American and Venezuelan officials said "New York Times"That behind public hostility was a broad diplomatic offer to Washington.

According to reports, the paper proposed to open all existing and future oil and gold mining projects to American companies, to grant preferential contracts to American companies, to redirect Venezuelan oil exports from China to the US, and to restrict energy and mining agreements with Chinese, Iranian and Russian companies.The talks, conducted for respective months between Maduro's leading associates and U.S. envoy Richard Grenell, aimed at deescalating tensions, reports the article.

Although advancement has been made on economical issues, both sides have not reached an agreement on Maduro's political future, reports the report.U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was the main voice in Trump's administration's force to remove Maduro from power as reported by NYT.

Apparently, he was skeptical of Grenell's diplomatic actions and appealed for a tougher position towards Caracas.An earlier NYT study claimed Trump ordered dialog with Venezuela to break after "he became frustrated” due to Maduro's deficiency of voluntary power.

The paper besides reported that the United States was preparing plans for a possible military escalation.Maduro warned that Venezuela would enter the state ‘Army Combat’ in case of attack and increased military readiness throughout the country.

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source:https://www.rt.com/news/626229-maduro-offered-us-economic-concessions/

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