Trump’s claim: Venezuela will deliver 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency

According to the Mehr news agency, quoted by Al Jazeera, Donald Trump announced that the authorities of the Venezuelan transitional government will deliver between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil subject to sanctions to Washington.

He added: “The oil we receive from Venezuela will be sold at the market price, and I, as the president of the United States, will control how it is managed.” returns I will monitor it.

Trump also said: “I have asked the Secretary of Energy to start implementing this plan immediately, and the oil will be transferred through storage tankers and sent to American discharge ports.”

Meanwhile, Reuters reported, quoting its sources, which it called knowledgeable: The Trump administration has warned Venezuela’s interior minister that it will become a potential target if it does not cooperate.

According to this report, Washington warned Venezuela’s interior minister through intermediaries that any resistance could put his life in danger or lead to a fate similar to the president of this country, Nicolás Maduro.

Also, Reuters sources announced: the list of potential US targets in Venezuela includes the country’s defense minister, whom Washington accuses of drug trafficking.