US may lift additional sanctions on Venezuela to facilitate oil sales, Bessent says

The US may lift additional sanctions against Venezuela as early as next week to facilitate oil sales.

This was stated by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant in an interview with Reuters, reports Censor.NET.

Additional sanctions on Venezuela may be lifted

The head of the US Treasury Department noted that almost $5 billion of Venezuela’s frozen monetary assets in IMF special drawing rights could be used to restore the country’s economy.

“We will lift sanctions on oil that will be sold,” Bessent said.

The minister was also asked when additional sanctions on Venezuela might be lifted.

“It could happen as early as next week,” Bessent replied, but did not specify what sanctions.

What preceded it?

On the morning of January 3 , powerful explosions were heard in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas .
CBS News journalist Jennifer Jacobs wrote on Twitter : “President Trump has ordered strikes on targets inside Venezuela, including military installations, U.S. officials said, as the administration stepped up its campaign against President Nicolas Maduro’s regime early Saturday.”
Later, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the US military operation against Venezuela had ended. The country’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, has been detained and is now under the control of US authorities.
It later became known that a number of charges would be brought against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores , and they would appear in court in New York.
Venezuela has sent a request to the UN Security Council secretariat for an urgent meeting of the Security Council in connection with the United States’ attacks on the country. Джерело: https://censor.net/ua/n3594899