April 17 (UPI) -- Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, signed a new mining law and thanked President Donald Trump for his "willingness" to advance bilateral cooperation, signaling a potential thaw in relations between the two countries.
The Organic Mining Law aims to reorganize and modernize the sector to turn it into a sustainable economic driver by attracting private and foreign investment, the government said.
During a signing ceremony broadcast on state television Thursday, Rodríguez also thanked Secretary of State Marco Rubio for what she described as a "willingness in the direction of having diplomatic and economic cooperative relations with Venezuela."
She said the goal is to build cooperation "adapted to a reality" that supports mutual understanding between both nations.
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