India, Jan. 16 -- Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump during their meeting in the White House on Thursday.

Sharing an image of the moment when the Nobel prize was handed over to Trump, the White House said: "President Donald J. Trump meets with Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela in the Oval Office, during which she presented the President with her Nobel Peace Prize in recognition and honour."

After her first in-person meeting with Trump, the Venezuelan leader was quoted as saying by BBC: "I think today is a historic day for us Venezuelans."

Expressing his gratitude to the Venezuelan leader, he wrote on Truth Social: "Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect."

The meeting...