MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wants to meet with his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss a slump in crude oil prices when they attend a summit in Costa Rica at the end of January, a diplomatic source said yesterday.
Maduro is wrapping up a tour that took him to China, Russia Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Algeria, in what OPEC delegates described as a diplomatic push by Venezuela and Iran for an OPEC oil output cut.
The diplomatic source said Maduro has proposed a meeting with Pena Nieto at a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders in Costa Rica on Jan. 28-29.
