两国政府官员最近一次会面是在三月份在委内瑞拉举行的，在一月份美国为该项目颁发了为期两年的许可谈判后，双方签署了建立谈判框架所需的保密协议。

Officials from both governments last met in March in Venezuela, where they signed confidentiality agreements required to set up a negotiation framework, following the issuance in January of a two-year U.S. license green-lighting talks for the project.