The government and Repsol advance in new cooperation agreements

The government and Repsol are seeking to advance in “new energy cooperation agreements,” reported state channel VTV on Monday, which showed images of President Nicolás Maduro accompanied by the international executive director of exploration and production of the Spanish multinational in the country, José Carlos Vicente Bravo, and the director of the Business Unit, Luis Antonio García Sánchez, minutes before the meeting. start a meeting.

According to the images, the meeting was also attended by the executive vice president and minister of oil, Delcy Rodríguez, and the president of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Héctor Obregón.

According to VTV, the “collaboration” between the Venezuelan government and Repsol “consolidates the country’s leadership position in the global energy market.”

He also said that Maduro has reiterated “the call to all investors in the world” to “seal important alliances” in the energy, petrochemical and gas sectors, among others.

On September 13, the executive vice president met with the director of the business unit to discuss “strategic alliances,” the state channel reported.

The oil minister said that Venezuela “continues to advance in its energy cooperation plans and in alliances with companies that, like Repsol, trust and invest in the world’s largest oil reserve.”

The meeting took place two days after the President of Parliament, Chavista Jorge Rodríguez, requested the preparation of a resolution urging the Maduro government to immediately break off all relations with Spain, including commercial relations, after the Spanish Congress approved recognizing the opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia – exiled in the European country – as president-elect in Venezuela.

The legislative debate on the breaking of relations with Spain, initially scheduled for last Thursday, was postponed, without a date, due to “issues on the parliamentary agenda,” according to Rodríguez.