Western Hemisphere
US Chargé d'Affaires in Caracas John Caulfield met with Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro in Casa Amarilla, the seat of the Foreign Ministry in Venezuela. It is the first high-level meeting between a US diplomat and a senior official of the Venezuelan government in a long time.

At the end of the meeting, Caulfield told the media part of the talks he had with Maduro. He denied that a US aircraft had violated Venezuelan airspace and clarified that the facts published in Venezuelan media are related to a situation that occurred two years ago.

"I was summoned by Foreign Minister (Nicolás Maduro) and he expressed his concern over what he considered a violation of the Venezuelan airspace, but I explained to him that based on the information I received from my government there was no airspace violation. I told him that the news that has been published is related to an event that occurred two years ago and some media have reported it as if it had happened recently."