Summary US and Venezuela have agreed to begin dialogue with the aim of restoring ambassador-level relations.
ANTIGUA (AP) - The United States and Venezuela have agreed to begin a high-level dialogue with the aim of restoring ambassador-level relations and ending more than a decade of steadily deteriorating ties. That from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
On his first trip to Latin America since taking office and after meeting Venezuela s foreign minister in the first cabinet-level discussion between the two nations in several years, Kerry said Wednesday he was hopeful that better relations with Venezuala.
The meeting, which came at Venezuela s request, took place just hours after Venezuela released from prison an American filmmaker who had been jailed on espionage charges, removing an immediate irritant in the relationship.
