The acting president defended energy security before the UN and questioned “forced decarbonization timelines” over their impact on production, employment, and prices.
The Daily Journal.- Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, told the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that international stability depends on resolving the so-called “energy trilemma” and highlighted the recent bilateral agreement between Venezuela and the United States as a means of contributing to the hemisphere’s energy balance.
“International stability requires resolving the energy trilemma by simultaneously guaranteeing security of supply, affordable prices, and environmental sustainability,” Rodríguez stated during her address in New York.
The acting president questioned decarbonization processes that, she argued, impose an accelerated transition without considering their effects on national economies.
“Promoting forced decarbonization timelines poses a direct threat to food security, employment, and production,” she said.
Rodríguez warned that energy policies must avoid harming industrial activity and consumers.
“We must prevent industrial collapses, disruptions to production, and unbearable energy costs for our peoples,” she added.
The acting president linked energy security to the global economy and development.
“Energy security thus becomes essential to sustaining the international economy and development,” she stated.
In this context, Rodríguez highlighted the role she believes Venezuela will play in the international energy market while emphasizing the agreement that Caracas recently reached with Washington.
“Without a doubt, Venezuela plays and will continue to play a very important role in this international equation,” she maintained.
“I therefore highlight the recent bilateral agreement between the United States and Venezuela as one of the largest agreements ever signed, which will contribute to the energy balance of the hemisphere and the international economy,” she added.
A day earlier, during his address to the General Assembly, Donald Trump also referred to the oil agreement that Washington and Caracas signed in late August, whose contents remain undisclosed.
“Last month, we signed the largest oil deal in history, covering 65 billion barrels of oil, which will greatly benefit both Venezuela and the United States and help lower energy costs around the world,” he declared.
The Republican leader maintained that major global oil corporations have already begun entering the Caribbean nation and emphasized the combined weight of both countries in the international energy market.
“When you put the United States and Venezuela together, we have more than 60% of the world’s oil, so it is perhaps the biggest deal,” he said.
“It was a war, but it is perhaps the biggest deal ever signed: to the victor go the spoils,” he declared.
