Secret contacts between the United States and Venezuela | God …

The United States has reportedly held secret talks with Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, a senior US official said, according to news reports from the agency. The badociated press (AP). Cabello, again according to the version, met last month in Caracas a person close to the government of President Donald Trump, and a second meeting is being organized, which has not yet taken place. AP did not reveal the name of the intermediary nor the details of the meeting with Cabello, lest the informant could suffer retaliation. The US official said that under no circumstances Washington was trying to promote Cabello or facilitate the replacement of current president Nicolás Maduro. Similar contacts are ongoing with other senior Venezuelan officials, he added. A person familiar with the July meeting said that Mr Cabello was well prepared for the meeting with the US envoy, with a clear understanding of Venezuela's political problems. It is not known who made contact with the Venezuelan leader, but the US official quoted by the AP said that the socialist leader expressed himself behind Maduro's back, despite expressions of loyalty to the president and his followers. frequent harangues against Trump.