Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has described landmark talks he held with a US government delegation as “respectful” and “cordial”, as Washington explores a rapprochement with Caracas to secure alternative oil supplies to Russia.
Maduro said the parties met for nearly two hours at the weekend in the presidential palace in Caracas — the first high-level meeting between the two nations since 2019 when they severed diplomatic ties.
“We agreed to work on a forward-looking agenda,” Maduro said in a late-night televised address on Monday. “We’ll press ahead with the conversations, the co-ordinations, and a positive agenda for the government of the United States and the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.”