“Long-term, productive partnership on the energy agenda should be an effective driving engine of bilateral relations [with the United States] <…> beneficial and mutually supplementary for both countries, for the United States and the Venezuelan people,”

"The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) remains in contact with all parties and has consistently offered its good offices, an offer that was recently reiterated during exchanges held last week in Kiev and Moscow. In this context, Switzerland, in its capacity as host state, will host trilateral talks in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday between Russia, Ukraine and the United States," Spokesman Jonas Montani said.