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US President Donald Trump met Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, according to a White House background disclosure.
The informal discussion was attended by senior US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller.
Neither government immediately issued a joint readout or formal statement after the private meeting. The issues discussed and any operational understandings reached were therefore not disclosed.
First meeting since Maduro’s detention
The encounter was the first direct interaction between Trump and Rodriguez since a US military operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a raid in Caracas on Jan. 3. Maduro was flown to New York to face federal narcotics charges, which he denies.
After Maduro’s detention, Washington recognized Rodriguez as head of an interim government in Caracas.
Energy agreement
The diplomatic engagement also follows a broad bilateral energy pact announced in August. Under the agreement, Washington secured long-term rights covering more than 65 billion barrels of proven crude reserves across 17 oil fields through a binational joint venture.
