Jan 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez by phone on Wednesday, with the two leaders each separately describing the call as positive.
Rodriguez took over the presidency on an interim basis earlier this month after the U.S. military captured President Nicolas Maduro and flew him to the U.S. to stand trial for drug charges.
Rodriguez, Maduro’s former vice president, called the call long, productive and courteous and said the two discussed a bilateral agenda in benefit of both countries.
Trump called Rodriguez a “terrific person” in his own remarks about the call.
“She’s somebody that we’ve worked with very well. Marco Rubio is dealing with her, I dealt with her this morning,” Trump said at the White House, referring in his comments to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “We had a call, a long call. We discussed a lot of things, and I think we’re getting along very well with Venezuela.”
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Brendan O’Boyle and Daina Beth Solomon)
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