After it was reported that Trump y Maduro they held a phone callthe American president confirmed it in the midst of tensions between Venezuela y USA.
The Republican president had a meeting with the press this Sunday, November 30 aboard the Air Force Oneand confirmed said phone call.
When asked by reporters to elaborate, after reports that the call included discussions about a possible meeting or amnesty conditions if Maduro resigned, Trump only said: “I wouldn’t say it turned out good or bad. It was a phone call“.
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It is worth remembering that The New York Times reported that both leaders held a phone call “at the end of last week” in which There was talk “about a possible meeting between both men in the United States.”“, but “there are no plans at the moment for such a meeting,” said one of the people quoted by the newspaper.
Call between Trump and Maduro comes amid tensions
This situation occurs in the midst of tensions between Washington y Caracassince recently the Government of Venezuela denounced the United States before the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for allegedly “trying to take over” Venezuelan oil reserves.
Maduro added that the deployment of US military ships in the Caribbean increased, in addition to the attacks carried out by the Trump administration against the so-called “narcolanchas“that they charged more than 80 lives.
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“These months have been of constant and repeated threats with the use of force against the Venezuelan State, which violates the United Nations Charter and the International law“and” clearly endangers regional and international peace, security and stability,” reads the document signed by Nicolás Maduro.