Following Maduro’s capture, Trump had earlier stated that the United States would oversee Venezuela during a transitional period and would require “total access to the oil and to other things in their country.

Venezuela has received 300 million U.S. dollars from a U.S. sale of Venezuelan crude -- part of an estimated 500 million U.S. dollars in total revenue -- and will use the fund to stabilize the foreign exchange market,

Beijing has lent billions to Caracas in recent decades, and the fate of money it is owed is in question after the ouster of Venezuela’s leader.

Trump further commended the “great relationship” with the Venezuelan interim government, formed after the US captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a military operation.

The ongoing crisis involving Venezuela is unlikely to have a significant impact on global prices of gold, silver and crude oil, as the country has already been under sanctions for several years and plays a limited role in formal global supply chains,