The White House announced a meeting between Trump and Venezuelan opposition leader Machado.

US President Donald Trump plans to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on Thursday, January 15. This was announced on January 12 by a representative of the White House, writes the Reuters news agency.

CNN adds that Machado will pay a visit to the White House after the American leader refused to support her presidential candidacy.

Trump himself said last week that he was looking forward to meeting with Machado in Washington.

"I'll need to talk to her. <...> I think it's very good that she wants to come," the US president's words are quoted in the publication.

Peace plan: The United States announced a three-step process of change in Venezuela

Washington intends to take control of the oil sector, launch Western companies into the country and organize a transition of power.

Machado, a former member of the National Assembly of Venezuela, said on January 6 that she was ready to give Trump her Nobel Peace Prize, which she was awarded in 2025 "for her efforts to promote democracy in Venezuela and the desire for a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy." She noted that the day of the US military operation on January 3 will go down in history as the "day of victory over tyranny," which brought Venezuela closer to freedom.

At the same time, the representative of the European Commission (EC), Anita Ipper, stated that the EC does not recognize the legitimacy of either Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro or the acting leader of the republic, Delcy Rodriguez, but maintains cooperation with the country's authorities.

On January 4, Trump said that the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Machado, could win the presidential election only with his support. Air Force (Air Force) On January 3, the United States successfully launched a large-scale strike against Venezuela. The aim of the operation was to capture the President of the republic, Nicolas Maduro, who was taken out of the country along with his wife, Celia Flores. The head of the White House said that the oil embargo imposed by Washington remains in force, and also pointed to the theft of oil from the United States by the Maduro regime.

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