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Venezuela
Confirms Resumption of Full
Diplomatic Ties with U.S.
Caracas - Venezuela and the
United States have decided to resume full diplomatic
relations with their ambassadors returning to the
respective capitals on Thursday, the Venezuelan
foreign ministry said in a statement.
Earlier Thursday, the U.S. State Department
confirmed that the two countries will resume their
full diplomatic representation "very soon."
With Ambassador Patrick D. Duddy's return to
Caracas, "full diplomatic representative will
resume," U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly
told reporters in Washington, adding that the
ambassador is expected to arrive in Venezuela "very
soon."
The U.S.-Venezuela relations have been tense in
recent years. In September 2008, President Hugo
Chavez ordered the expulsion of the U.S. ambassador,
in solidarity with the Bolivian government's
decision to expel the U.S. ambassador in La Paz.
In retaliation, the Bush administration ordered the
expulsion of the Venezuelan ambassador in
Washington.
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