OREANDA-NEWS   The United States has sold the first shipment of oil from Venezuela for a total of $500 million. According to Semafor, citing sources, the main account for storing these funds is based in Qatar.

According to the newspaper, the funds are stored in several bank accounts. All of them are under the control of the American administration.

According to the portal's source, Washington chose Qatar for the main account, as it is a neutral platform — there is no risk of withdrawal of funds.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that he had an excellent and long telephone conversation with the authorized President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez.