Moscow, Russia.- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Monday that Havana will encourage any dialogue between the Government of Nicolas Maduro and the opposition that promotes ”absolutely sovereign agreements” among Venezuelans to resolve the crisis, referring to the incipient process in Oslo.

‘Cuba will support any initiative aimed at promoting respectful dialogue based on sovereign equality, with strict adherence to the principles of international law, particularly non-use, threat and use of force, non-interference and non-intervention in the internal affairs of States,’ Rodriguez said in Moscow at a joint press briefing with his Russian peer Sergey Lavrov.

The Cuban foreign minister said that, in this sense, Havana will encourage ‘any process of dialogue that takes into account the interests of the Venezuelan people with the participation of the Bolivarian and Chavez government to reach solutions and agreements that are absolutely sovereign and among Venezuelans.’

‘So, I can say that any initiative of this nature will be followed with hope on our part,’ Rodriguez emphasized.

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday reported that the representatives of the Government of Nicolas Maduro and the opposition will return to Oslo this week, after the preliminary meetings that took place in previous days to engage in a political dialogue between both parties.

Lavrov warned that opposition representatives sent to Oslo to represent Juan Guaido, the illegitimate self-proclaimed president, had been ‘previously appointed by the Trump Administration’ and their talks agenda ‘pre-selected by Washington.’

However, Lavrov expressed hope that the dialogue will lead to ‘mutually acceptable solutions’.