Rubio pointed to the unwillingness of the United States to forever control Venezuela's oil revenues.

The United States does not intend to permanently control the funds coming from the sale of Venezuelan oil. This was announced on September 23 by the American Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

"It's not forever. Ultimately, this should not be the case," he said after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, the conference was broadcast on the YouTube channel of the American program PBS NewsHour.

According to Rubio, the current mechanism is necessary to ensure that after the lifting of restrictions on the sale of Venezuelan oil, the funds received are used in the interests of the country's residents.

The Secretary of State noted that the money is kept separately, and requests for its use are mainly related to government expenditures, including salaries and other needs. According to him, KPMG controls operations, which checks that funds do not fall into the hands of corrupt officials.

A barrel of discord: Venezuela is thinking about leaving OPEC

Caracas may abandon the cartel for the sake of increasing oil production and rapprochement with Washington.

The Financial Times (FT) newspaper wrote on September 1 that American leader Donald Trump's plan to gain control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil is designed to increase American reserves, attract investment in Venezuela's energy sector and lower fuel prices in the United States.

At the same time, the attitude of Venezuelans towards the deal with Washington is divided. According to the AtlasIntel survey, 38% of respondents opposed the agreement, 35% supported it, and 27% were undecided. Bloomberg also reported that American energy companies have expressed concern about the agreements, fearing that they could affect ongoing commercial negotiations and access to Venezuela's oil facilities.