Venezuela has always tried to establish good relations with the United States, but Washington has repeatedly broken promises to the country. This was stated by the head of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ivan Gil Pinto, in an interview with the TV channel. “Belarus 1”.
“We have always negotiated with the US government,” the diplomat said.
According to the head of the foreign policy office, US officials have repeatedly failed to deliver on their promises.
Pinto added that all revenues from the oil and gas sector are received from Venezuela and that the state loses 99 percent of its foreign exchange earnings from the sale of petroleum products.
“Our foreign assets have been taken away from us, our ability to negotiate with the world has been taken away from us,” he added.
Before that, the US Treasury published A general license stating that the easing of US sanctions against Venezuela’s oil and gas sector does not apply to structures owned or controlled by the Russian side.
Previously USA announced On the easing of the sanctions regime against Venezuela.