The Government of Delcy Rodríguez signed two new energy agreements this Thursday with the American companies Overseas Oil Company and Crossover Energy Holding, after the arrival of a delegation from the White House to Caracas to announce progress in this sector.
“I want to celebrate it and emphasize that, definitively, this is the path of bilateral relations,” said the official in charge in an event from the Miraflores presidential palace, broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV).
Rodríguez explained that these new agreements include fields in the state of Anzoátegui, Monagas, as well as in Barinas, for oil and associated gas exploitation “and that this gas can serve as a boost for the Venezuelan electrical system.”
For his part, the director of the National Energy Domain Council of the United States, Jarrod Agen, indicated that these new agreements show the “strength” of the relationship between both countries.
Likewise, he said that the US Government is moving at the “speed” of President Donald Trump to attract new investments in the South American nation.
In addition, he pointed out that there are excellent companies that want to invest in Venezuela, that want to bring their employees, that are committed to the Caribbean country and “that is cause for celebration between these relations between the United States and Venezuela.”
“Today is a wonderful day for both countries,” he stressed.
This Thursday, a US delegation arrived in Caracas, on the first direct flight between both countries in seven years, to announce progress on energy agreements, as reported by Agen after its arrival in Venezuela.
Likewise, he expressed confidence in having “a long relationship in the future” between both countries, and noted that President Trump also expressed his enthusiasm for this visit to Venezuela, “for the actions and progress” achieved in recent months.
