Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday that he had a “respectful and cordial” phone call with President Donald Trump earlier in the week, a description first reported by Reuters after days of speculation about behind-the-scenes contact.
Maduro told reporters in Caracas that the call lasted several minutes and included an exchange about the possibility of future dialogue, echoing his earlier comments to El País in which he insisted the tone was “respect and cordiality,” even as tensions with the United States intensify.
The White House has confirmed that Trump and Maduro spoke, as reported by Reuters in a separate dispatch quoting the president aboard Air Force One, but it has not endorsed Maduro’s characterization of the call or offered its own description of the tone.
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