Caracas: Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez met with the head of US military operations in South America, Francis Donovan, during a brief visit to the country's capital. Rodriguez's government and US Southern Command announced the visit separately on social media. Rodriguez's press office said Marine General Donovan met with Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello.

According to Qatar News Agency, the meeting comes weeks after the US military captured then-President Nicolas Maduro in a raid in Caracas and brought him to the US to face drug trafficking charges. 'During this meeting, both countries agreed to work on developing a bilateral cooperation agenda to combat illicit drug trafficking in our region, terrorism, and migration,' according to a post on X from Rodriguez's press office. 'The meeting reaffirms that diplomacy should be the mechanism for resolving differences and addressing issues of binational and regional interest, of interest to all parties.'