Venezuelan Communications Minister denies allegation of selling oil to Israel
Venezuelan Communications Minister Miguel Ángel Pérez Pirela has denied allegations published by media that Caracas sold crude oil to Israel.
Pérez said on Telegram on Tuesday evening that what some media outlets reported on the subject was untrue.
The Venezuelan minister posted a photo of Bloomberg report that mentioned the allegation, and attached the word “fake”.
He indicated that the photo dates back to a deal to sell crude oil to the Israeli Bazan oil refinery company, back in 2009.
Bloomberg claimed that the crude oil shipment was recently sold to the Bazan Group, and that it was the first oil sale from Venezuela to Israel since it severed diplomatic relations with it in 2009.
The allegations come after the US military, kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and took them to the United States for trail.
US President Donald Trump later announced that his country would manage Venezuela’s affairs during a transitional period and send its companies to invest in the oil sector, without specifying a timetable.
Following the Israeli attacks on Gaza in 2008-2009, then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez strongly condemned Israel and decided to sever diplomatic relations.
