Caracas, March 1 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro opened another session of a National Conference for Peace on Friday, seeking to put an end to the country's weeks-long violence. At the meeting, Maduro proposed turning the event into a "permanent" forum.

Among other measures to promote peace, Maduro called for a political liaison committee as a permanent channel of communication between various sectors in Venezuela.

He also urged right-wing student leaders, who instigated the anti-government protests starting on February 12th, to decide how they wanted to participate in the peace talks, saying he was ready to meet them at Miraflores, the Presidential Palace.