Venezuela said on Friday it had launched talks with the United States on restoring diplomatic ties, days after US forces deposed Nicolas Maduro as its president.<\/p>\n
It was the latest sign of cooperation following the leftist leader\u2019s capture and US President Donald Trump\u2019s claim to be \u201cin charge\u201d of the South American country.<\/p>\n
Officials said US diplomats were in Caracas to discuss reopening the country\u2019s embassy, while in Washington, Trump met with oil companies over his plans to access Venezuela\u2019s huge crude reserves.<\/p>\n
The government of interim President Delcy Rodriguez \u201chas decided to initiate an exploratory diplomatic process with the government of the United States of America, aimed at re-establishing diplomatic missions in both countries,\u201d Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said in a statement.<\/p>\n
John McNamara, the top US diplomat in neighbouring Colombia, and other personnel \u201ctravelled to Caracas to conduct an initial assessment for a potential phased resumption of operations,\u201d a US official said on customary condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
Venezuela said it would reciprocate by sending a delegation to Washington.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez, in a statement, condemned \u201cthe serious, criminal, illegal and illegitimate attack\u201d by the United States and vowed: \u201cVenezuela will continue to confront this aggression through the diplomatic route.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump vows oil investments
\nTrump said earlier on Friday that he had called off a second wave of attacks on Venezuela due to the prisoner releases.<\/p>\n
The US president had suggested he might use force again to get his way in Venezuela, which has the world\u2019s largest proven oil reserves.<\/p>\n
At a White House meeting on Friday, he pressed top oil executives to invest in Venezuela\u2019s reserves, but was met with a cautious reception \u2014 with ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods dismissing the country as \u201cuninvestable\u201d without sweeping reforms.<\/p>\n
Trump said foreign firms had enjoyed no meaningful protections under Maduro, \u201cbut now you have total security. It\u2019s a whole different Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also stressed that the companies would deal only with Washington, not Caracas, when exploiting Venezuela\u2019s oil resources.<\/p>\n
Trump earlier said that oil companies promised to invest $100 billion in Venezuela, whose oil infrastructure is creaky after years of mismanagement and sanctions.<\/p>\n
He had earlier announced a plan for the United States to sell between 30 million and 50 million barrels of Venezuelan crude, with the money to be used at his discretion.<\/p>\n
He promised any funds sent to Caracas would be used to buy only US-made products.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Washington has maintained maritime pressure on oil tankers in the Caribbean, where it seized a fifth tanker carrying Venezuelan crude \u2014 oil that would be sold, Trump said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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