The US said the two sides would make joint efforts to promote stability after the US seized Maduro and his wife.
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Washington has rapidly warmed up ties with Venezuela -- and applied major pressure on it -- since capturing the country's president, Nicolás Maduro, two months ago.
'Well, it means that a lot of countries in the developing world that might have been flirting with China don't want to flirt with them anymore.'
Relations between the two countries were cut off in 2019, during the first Trump administration.
The U.S. officially re-establishes diplomatic ties with Venezuela, signaling a new phase in bilateral relations.
US and Venezuela's interim authorities agree to restore diplomatic ties in major shift in bilateral relations, State Department officially announced Thursday.
The announcement was made at the end of a two-day visit by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to Venezuela.
Senior Trump administration officials have visited Venezuela in the past two months since U.S. forces captured Nicolas Maduro.
Venezuela is home to large reserves of rare earths, gold and other valuable minerals that the Trump administration wants to exert more control over.
The U.S. and Venezuela agree to restore diplomatic relations, aiming for stability and a peaceful government transition.