Venezuela: Armed forces exclude threats to sovereignty from energy deal with US

The Venezuelan Armed Forces see no threat to the country's sovereignty in the energy deal with the United States. This was stated by the Minister of Defense, Gustavo González López, after a meeting with the interim president Delcy Rodríguez to examine the scope of the agreement.

“We accompany, approve and agree, in all terms, with the recent strategic agreement” on oil field development, he said.

According to the minister, the analysis conducted by the armed forces did not reveal "conflicts on national territory" nor measures that threaten peace, while the country's infrastructure and stability would be guaranteed.

González López also underlined that the agreement will favor the arrival of international investments, with greater production, employment and repercussions on the economy. "Transforming a political difference into an economic cooperation agreement is a decision to move towards peace, it is not subordination," he concluded.