Officials: Venezuela is prepared for US sanctions on oil, may reject migrant flights

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Venezuela is prepared for the reimposition of US sanctions on its oil and gas exports and will stop accepting repatriation flights from the US if "economic aggression" intensifies, high-level officials said on Tuesday, Report informs via Reuters.

Venezuela will reject migrant repatriation flights from the US from February 13 and review other cooperation if "economic aggression" against it intensifies, Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez said on social media.

"If they carry out the false step of intensifying economic aggression against Venezuela, at the request of extremist lackeys in the country, from February 13 the repatriation flights of Venezuelan migrants will be immediately revoked," Rodriguez said.

Repatriation flights to Venezuela from the US restarted in October under an agreement between the two countries.

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