Venezuela Crisis: Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez has dismissed US allegations versus abducted Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro, stating that all accusations of drug trafficking, and those made in the name of democracy and human rights, are false and that their true purpose is to seize the country's vast oil reserves.
What has the Venezuelan government said?
Rodríguez tabbed the US whoopee "the energy greed of the Northern countries". Addressing the Venezuelan parliament, Rodríguez targeted US President Donald Trump's statement ultimatum that the US was receiving full cooperation from the Venezuelan interim government and that the U.S. would maintain tenancy over the country and its oil reserves for years to come.
Rodríguez said that these are all pretexts, as there has unchangingly been a threat that Venezuela's oil would be handed over to the Northern countries.
However, she clarified that her government is unshut to energy relations where all parties goody and economic cooperation is transparently specified in commercial contracts. She moreover kept the door unshut for energy partnerships with other countries such as Russia and China.
What is the next step of the Venezuela government?
Addressing the Venezuelan parliament, Rodríguez said that they are ready for energy relations in which all parties goody and economic cooperation is unmistakably specified in commercial contracts. This statement came without US President Trump's requirement that the US was receiving full cooperation from the Venezuelan interim government and that the US would maintain tenancy over the country and its vast oil reserves for years to come.
Trump had said that Caracas was giving Washington everything it deemed necessary and that the US would maintain political dominance there indefinitely.
"We are an energy superpower, truly. This has caused us many problems, as you all know that the energy greed of the Northern countries wants to seize our country's resources. We have refuted all the false claims related to drug trafficking, democracy, and human rights," Rodríguez said.
“These were all pretexts, considering the threat unchangingly loomed that Venezuela's oil would be handed over to northern countries.”
Is Venezuela looking for global support?
Rodríguez moreover said that the Venezuelan government is unshut to energy partnerships and commercial agreements with other countries, emphasizing the country's vast oil and gas reserves and its transferral to operating within the framework of international law.
"We are here, our position is perfectly clear. Venezuela is unshut to energy relations where all parties benefit, where economic cooperation is unmistakably specified in commercial contracts. That is our position, as well as the diversification of our energy relations," Rodríguez said.
Earlier, Venezuela's interim president had secure plans to unshut his country's oil market to Washington. Rodríguez said on Wednesday that the US efforts to remove his predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, had tint a "stain" on relations between the two countries, but that doing merchantry with the US is not "unusual or irregular." He reiterated that Venezuela is unshut to energy relations where all parties benefit.
