Washington.- Venezuela and the United States are making progress in the process of reopening the South American country’s embassy in Washington with diplomatic contacts and meetings at the foreign ministry level this week, sources close to these meetings told EFE.
According to diplomatic sources consulted by EFE, there have been advances between representatives of the Venezuelan government of the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, and the Administration of President Donald Trump, to reopen both the embassy of the Caribbean country in the US capital and the US delegation in Caracas.
The rapprochement between both governments includes the reopening of Venezuelan diplomatic headquarters in the United States, which have remained closed since 2019 by the government of President Nicolás Maduro, who declared bilateral relations broken.
For its part, the United States has also kept its Embassy closed since that year, located in Baruta, in the metropolitan district of Caracas, although since Maduro’s departure there has been work by State Department personnel to address a possible reopening.
A New Approach to Relationships
Since the severing of diplomatic relations, Washington has managed matters related to the South American country through its U.S. External Office for Venezuela, which is located in its Embassy in Bogota (Colombia), while during the presidency of Maduro and with the arrival of Trump at the White House, the restricted contacts were led by Richard Grenell.
After capturing Maduro on January 3rd in a military operation in the Venezuelan capital, the Trump Administration has shown itself favorable to negotiate a transition process with Delcy Rodríguez, with whom Trump had a long telephone conversation this week and whom he has flattered for doing what his team demands.
