Venezuelan FM meets US envoy

CARACAS - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza met with US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams over the weekend to address the two countries' relationship.

"We have held two meetings of which I cannot give details because I have to respect the confidentiality of them, but there have been meetings where we have listened to each other," Arreaza said in a statement broadcast on state television.

Arreaza said that at the meetings "there have been moments of tension, there are profound differences, but at the same time there are shared concerns and hopefully we can build on this dialogue proposed by the State Department".