US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has authorized Venezuelan opposition leader and self-declared interim president, Juan Guaido, to take control of US-held assets belonging to the country’s government.

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Although he met Friday with Kim Yong Chol, the vice chairman of the country's Party Central Committee, Pompeo did not meet with Kim on his trip to Pyongyang.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Saudi's Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 28, 2018 © Saudi Press Agency / Reuters