The US State Department allows for the possibility of so-called secondary sanctions against foreign individuals, legal entities, and even governments that cooperate with those already on Washington’s black list on Venezuela, US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams told journalists on Tuesday.
Abrams was asked whether the United States intends to introduce restrictions against individuals, companies and foreign governments that do business with companies “dependent on the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his government.” “We have not yet introduced them, secondary sanctions. Undoubtedly, this is possible,” he replied.
According to him, the appropriate decision “will depend on the behavior of the regime for a certain period of time, depends on the behavior of organizations, many of which have slightly deviated from the Maduro regime.” “We have not yet made this decision,” said Abrams. “It is always possible, but we have not reached it yet,” he concluded.