Venezuela’s government and the opposition agreed
Saturday "to live in peace" and work on a road map to normalize the
constitutional relationship between the powers of the
state.
They also committed to combat "sabotage, boycott or aggression"
of the Venezuelan economy and to explore measures to improve
medicine and food supplies to citizens struck by a crippling
crisis.
"We express our firm commitment to a peaceful, respectful and
constructive coexistence," the two sides said in a joint statement
read by government representative Jorge Rodriguez and Carlos Ocariz
of the Democratic Unit Roundtable (MUD).
It was the third in national dialogue meetings launched last
month to resolve the country's political and economic problems,
with the mediation of the Vatican and members of the Union of South
American Nations (UNASUR).
The sides agreed to lift a Supreme Court ruling that invalidates
the work of the National Assembly, as well as the release of a
number of detainees the opposition maintains were held on political
grounds.
The next meeting between is slated for Dec. 6.