US EditionTrump and Venezuelan leader Rodriguez tout positive phone call
- In a White House comment Wednesday, Trump told reporters he spoke with Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez and called her `We just had a great conversation today, and she's a terrific person`.
- Delcy Rodriguez, Venezuela's interim President, took over earlier this month after the U.S. military captured Nicolas Maduro and called his transfer a 'kidnapping,' underscoring ongoing tensions.
- Rodriguez called the conversation long and productive, saying they discussed a bilateral agenda, while Trump said the leaders covered oil, minerals, trade and security.
- Officials said the exchange signalled warming ties after months of escalating tensions, including U.S. sanctions and military strikes, and Trump said they "discussed a lot of things".
- Trump noted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had been in contact with Rodriguez, with discussions on oil and trade potentially reshaping economic ties with Venezuela.
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The US president, Donald Trump, reported this Wednesday that he had a “long” phone call with Venezuela’s president-in-charge, Delcy Rodríguez, in the first known contact between the two leaders since she took office after the capture of Nicolás Maduro on 3 January. “We just had an excellent conversation today, and she is a great person. In fact, we have worked very well with her,” Trump said in statements to the press from the Oval Office. THE…
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DnoticiasThe North American said he had talked about "petroleum, minerals, trade and [...] national security". It happened one day before Maria Corina Machado's visit to the White House.
Just two weeks after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, US President Donald Trump and Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez conducted a long telephone call. Rodríguez wrote on Wednesday in the online service Telegram about a "long, productive and polite conversation" characterized by "mutual respect". Trump had just talked about a "great" phone call with Rodríguez. It was the first known direct conversation of the two."W…
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, said today that she had a long, productive and polite telephone conversation with United States President Donald Trump.
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