TEHRAN (FNA)- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that the US is using oil as a political weapon.Maduro made the remarks at a rally in the capital Caracas following his return from official tours of China, Russia and five member nations of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), including Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria, press tv reported.
The Venezuelan president specifically mentioned Russia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and his own country as examples of nations that the US is trying to gain political leverage against by using the price of oil as a pressure point.
The key objective of Maduros recent tour was to try to bring about a consensus among OPEC members as well as other oil-exporting states to return crude prices to an acceptable level.
The president of Venezuela also declared that new agreements are to be arranged in response to the tense situation on the oil market.
Oil prices have plunged by over 50 percent since June of last year because of oversupply by a number of oil producing countries such as Saudi Arabia as well as lackluster global economic growth.
By Fars News Agency
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