The president of the United States, donald trumpassessed this Monday as “extraordinary” the changes and advances registered in Venezuela, highlighting the progress in the bilateral cooperation agenda between Washington and the Venezuelan transitional government.
During statements with the US Secretary of Energy, Chris Wrightthe president consulted about the current status of the agreements with the country.
Wright responded by pointing out that there is “daily progress,” to which trump He added that the evolution of the Venezuelan political and economic context represents an unprecedented dynamic.
The statements by the North American head of state come a few days after the bilateral meeting held in New York with the president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguezon the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.
“There has never been anything like it. What is happening in Venezuela is something tremendous,” said the North American president when asked by the press about the course of inter-American relations.
After the meeting at the UN headquarters, Trump had confirmed that the agenda of conversations with Rodríguez It covered the route towards the calling of general elections, as well as the expansion of hydrocarbon production and marketing agreements with the participation of US energy corporations.
In his plenary speech before the United Nations On September 22, the US president cited the release of hundreds of political prisoners in Caracas and the rebalancing of Venezuelan oil revenues as key indicators of the reestablishment of institutional stability.
The exchange between the White House and the Department of Energy ratifies the strategic turn of the Trump administration towards Venezuela, prioritizing the reactivation of the oil market and the support of the democratic transition process promoted by the interim administration.
