加拉加斯—危机中的委内瑞拉想要恢复同美国之间冰冻6年外交关系，这个社会主义政府星期一说。

The foreign ministry's announcement came two weeks after top US diplomat Thomas Shannon met with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in a bid to help tackle the country's economic and political crisis.

外交部发表声明的两周前，美国国务卿Thomas Shannon会见了委内瑞拉总统Nicolas Maduro，试图帮助处理这个国家的经济和政治危机。

In a message congratulating the United States on its Independence Day commemoration the ministry expressed its "willingness to establish respectful bilateral diplomatic relations."

在祝贺美国独立日的时候，这位部长表达“建立相互尊重的双边外交关系的希望”。

The two countries have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010 due to tensions between Washington and the government of Hugo Chavez Maduro's mentor and late predecessor.

自从2010年华盛顿和乌戈·查韦斯（马杜罗的导师和已故前任领导人）政府之间的的关系紧张开始，这两个国家之间还没有互派外交使节，。