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U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he had spoken with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but did not provide details on what the two leaders discussed, Reuters reported.
"I don't want to comment on it. The answer is yes," Reuters quoted Trump as saying when asked if he had spoken with Maduro.
He was speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One.
The Trump administration has been weighing Venezuela-related options to combat what it has portrayed as Maduro's role in supplying illegal drugs that have killed Americans. Maduro has denied having any links to the illegal drug trade.
The New York Times first reported Trump had spoken with Maduro earlier this month and discussed a possible meeting between them in the United States. "I wouldn't say it went well or badly, it was a phone call," Trump said regarding the conversation, according to Reuters.
Reuters has reported the options under U.S. consideration include an attempt to overthrow Maduro, and that the U.S. military is poised for a new phase of operations after a massive military buildup in the Caribbean and nearly three months of strikes on suspected drug boats off Venezuela's coast.
Human rights groups have condemned the strikes as illegal extrajudicial killings of civilians, and some U.S. allies have expressed growing concerns that Washington may be violating international law, according to Reuters.
Trump said he would look into whether the U.S. military had carried out a second strike in the Caribbean that killed survivors during a September operation, adding he would not have wanted such a strike.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said the strikes are lawful but are intended to be "lethal."
Earlier last week, Trump suggested that the United States is preparing to take new action against alleged drug trafficking networks in Venezuela.