“The move embodied the contradictions and fast-changing nature of the two countries\u2019 relationship.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nLess than a week after the United States snatched its president under cover of night, Venezuela said it was exploring restoring diplomatic ties and sending a delegation to Washington to check on its long-shuttered embassy, according to a statement from the interim president, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her government and President Trump\u2019s, according to Ms. Rodr\u00edguez, had decided to \u201cinitiate an exploratory diplomatic process\u201d that was \u201caimed at the re-establishment of diplomatic missions in both countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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But news of the possible restoration of diplomatic ties drew attention not only for the breakneck pace at which the two countries\u2019 relationship was evolving, but also because of the head-spinning contradictions it seemed to embody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It came as Mr. Trump said he was getting along \u201cextremely well\u201d with Venezuela\u2019s government, even though that government is more or less the same government it was a week ago \u2014 minus President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro \u2014 when Mr. Trump was mounting his intense pressure campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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