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A phone call/meeting between Secretary Rubio and Foreign Minister van Weel took place as described.
An official U.S. Department of State readout dated January 5, 2026, states that Secretary of State Marco Rubio "spoke today with Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel" and describes their discussion on counternarcotics operations and Venezuela’s political transition. The Dutch government’s official site confirms that David van Weel has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since September 5, 2025, meaning he held that office at the time of the call. Additional State Department materials refer to Rubio as Secretary of State in the same timeframe, and a secondary outlet republishes the same readout text from the Department of State. Based on these consistent, contemporaneous official records, the statement is accurate. The verdict is True because multiple official government sources directly confirm that Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel on the stated date.