Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he expects to send an ambassador back to Washington soon. Mr Chavez expelled the US envoy to Caracas in September in "solidarity" with Bolivia. The US reciprocated.In response, the US state department says it "will now work" toward returning its ambassador to Venezuela. The announcements came at a Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, where US President Barack Obama received a warm welcome from Latin American leaders.
Last September's diplomatic dispute arose over an alleged US plot against Bolivian President Evo Morales. Mr Chavez was a fierce critic of the United States under former President George W Bush, accusing Washington of plotting to assassinate him.
But in a sign of warming ties, Mr Obama shook hands with President Chavez at the summit, and accepted a book from the Venezuelan leader. Although they had already shaken hands when they met on Friday, Mr Chavez greeted him again on Saturday, this time pressing on him a book.
In taking the gift, Mr Obama assumed it was a book by Mr Chavez himself, he said later.
Courtesy: BBC NEWS
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