The restructuring of national debt and the continued flow of oil dominated talks between Donald Trump and Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez on Tuesday. During their first encounter on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly since US forces captured Nicolas Maduro in January, Trump told Rodriguez that Venezuela must eventually hold elections to establish a full democracy. Neither leader provided a specific date for the upcoming vote, though both acknowledged its necessity as part of a political transition.

Rodriguez told the UN General Assembly that Venezuela has started a democratic process involving all political groups to move the nation from uncertainty to stability. She described the encounter with Trump as a historic meeting and highlighted planned cooperation in mining, security, and energy to aid global equilibrium. Outside the assembly, Venezuelans protested Rodriguez's participation and urged world leaders not to normalize relations with what they described as an illegitimate government.