Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez said on Wednesday (January 7) that her country is open to energy partnerships with other nations, emphasizing that the South American country possesses some of the world's largest oil and gas reserves.

Rodriguez made the remarks during a meeting with members of the National Assembly in Caracas, saying the country is willing to establish respectful relations through commercial agreements that comply with international law.

Rodriguez has begun appointing officials to key positions within the Venezuelan executive branch, focusing on security and economic sectors during her second day as acting president.

Rodriguez assumed the role following the capture of Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores by the United States.

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Venezuela's Rodriguez says country is open to energy relations where all parties benefit

VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM VENEZUELAN ACTING PRESIDENT, DELCY RODRIGUEZ

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SHOWS: CARACAS, VENEZUELA (JANUARY 7, 2026) (VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TV - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF ACTING PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, DELCY RODRIGUEZ, MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

2. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ACTING PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, DELCY RODRIGUEZ, SAYING:

"Venezuela is open to energy relations where all parties benefit, where economic cooperation is very well determined in commercial contracts, that is our position, and the diversity of our energy relations. Venezuela has one of the largest oil reserves on the planet and has the largest gas reserves. Those resources must be at the service of national development, and they must also be at the service of the development of other countries in the world, this is how our oil industry was born with an export vocation."

3. NICOLAS MADURO GUERRA, DEPUTY OF THE VENEZUELAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND SON OF NICOLAS MADURO

4. OFFICIALS LISTENING TO RODRIGUEZ’S SPEECH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ACTING PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA, DELCY RODRIGUEZ, SAYING:

"Well, we are willing, of course, to have relations of respect within the framework of commercial agreements that respect international legality."

6. RODRIGUEZ GREETING SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY