Protecting the energy resources of the Venezuelan people is one of the priorities of Bolivarian diplomacy. Photo: New York Times Author: The newspaper “New York Times

CARACAS, May 3rd. — Venezuelan Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said this Wednesday the dispossession of Citgo by the United States, which was called a violation of public international law and the social rights of the Venezuelan people.

Together with Foreign Minister Ivan Gil and Petroleum Minister Pedro Tellechea, the Vice President delivered press statements from the Miraflores Palace on the actions of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Ministry of Finance against Venezuela. , in the case of Citgo, a subsidiary of PDVSA, Telesur said in a statement.

Rodriguez referred to the OFAC license, to the defunct National Assembly elected in 2015, and detailed the criminal and corrupt conspiracy that is being perpetrated to dispossess the Venezuelan company Citgo.

The vice president denounced the US government’s green light to launch a litigation auction for Citgo, Venezuela’s main overseas asset, and said the company that initiated the litigation against Citgo was on the dossier of José Ignacio Hernandez as a specialized expert. .

“We are not going to recognize any payment arrangements with any creditor that are not addressed to the Venezuelan state,” said the vice president, who denounced the OFAC 42 license, which ends the Citgo theft, “violates Venezuelan laws, international public and private law” .

On Monday, the 1st, during a mass demonstration by Venezuelans in honor of Labor Day, President Nicolas Maduro rejected the US resolution to sell Citgo and called it “theft”, “mockery” and “slap” Bogota International. Conference.

“I want to say on behalf of all the people of Venezuela that we reject and reject the theft of Citgo by the US government and the Venezuelan Unitary Platform,” the President of Venezuela said.

“Citgo decided to hand over to a group of unknown persons, allegedly by the directive of the previous National Assembly, who are no longer in Venezuela, people who live abroad, who fled the country like rats,” the Head of State assured before his visit. supporters, HispanTv quotes.

Source: Juventud Rebelde