Maduro sent a letter to the OPEC countries to ask for help in the face of US sanctions

Nicolás Maduro sought the support of OPEC against the sanctions imposed by the United States on the oil industry in his country.s, citing its impact on oil prices and potential risks for other members of the producer group.

But a source close to the record said that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, of which Venezuela is one of the founding members, declined to make a formal statement. OPEC says it is concerned about oil regulation and not about politics.

More than 40 countries, including the United States, the European powers and most Latin American countries, have recognized the leader of the opposition, Juan Guaidó, as the legitimate head of state.

The request was made in a letter to the OPEC Secretary General, Mohammad Barkindo, dated 29 January Reuters he had access.

"Our country hopes to receive the solidarity and full support of OPEC member countries and its ministerial conference, in the battle we are waging today against the illegal and arbitrary intrusion of the United States. in the internal affairs of Venezuela. "wrote Maduro.

I am looking for "your strong support and collaboration to denounce and jointly confront this shameless dispossession of (…) important badets of one of the members of OPEC," he added.

Maduro wrote that OPEC should help determine possible solutions based on "the impact of this action on the global energy market and the risk that it represents for other countries (…) of this organization ".

OPEC tends to avoid political conflicts involving individual members. Last year, he rejected a request from Iran to discuss US sanctions against Tehran at a meeting on policy making.

Venezuela was once one of the three largest producers of OPEC, but its sector is in decline after the collapse of the country's economy. With Libya and Iran, it is exempted from the latest reduction in supply led by OPEC.

With Reuters information