Announcement of Venezuela’s readiness to accept US oil investments – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency

According to Mehr news agency, quoted from Russia Elium, Nicolás Maduro in an interview with “Ignacio Ramone» Spanish journalist who through the channel His telegram “If America needs Venezuelan oil, Venezuela is ready to accept American investments, as it has with Chevron there is; Any time, any place and any way they want.
He added: “America should know that if it wants comprehensive economic development agreements, it can also conclude such agreements.”

companyChevron» America has a license from the US government to extract and export oil in Venezuela and is one of the few international companies that has maintained its operational activities in this country despite the extensive US sanctions against Venezuela’s oil sector.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced the “destruction of a major facility” in Venezuela by the US military.

Citing some sources, CNN reported that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) carried out an air strike with a drone against a port facility on the coast of Venezuela.

America justifies its military presence in the Caribbean region with the aim of fighting drug trafficking. In September and October, the US armed forces repeatedly destroyed boats that were allegedly carrying drugs near the coast of Venezuela.

In late September, NBC reported that the US military was considering options to target drug traffickers inside Venezuela.

On November 3, Donald Trump expressed confidence that Nicolas Maduro’s days as president of Venezuela are coming to an end, but clarified that the United States does not intend to start a war against Venezuela.

Caracas considered these actions provocative and aimed at destabilizing the region, and described it as a violation of international agreements related to nuclear disarmament in the Caribbean.

On December 17th, Trump designated the Venezuelan government as a “foreign terrorist organization” and imposed a complete embargo on all embargoed oil tankers bound for or originating from the republic. Bolivar Venezuela was moving, he announced.

He also threatened Venezuela with an “unprecedented shock” and demanded the return of oil, land and other “stolen” assets from the United States.

Since 2017, Washington has imposed extensive sanctions against Venezuela’s oil sector and severely limited the country’s oil exports. These sanctions were especially intensified during the presidency of Donald Trump, and many international companies stopped their activities in Venezuela.