<p class="title">The U.S. special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, said on Friday that the U.S. government talks frequently with Spain and oil major Repsol, which operates in the South American country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The comments come after a U.S. official warned oil companies including Repsol who do business with Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, which Washington sanctioned last year, to "tread carefully."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If the conditions, the sanctions, change, we will talk to Repsol," Abrams said in Spanish during a press conference call.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Abrams said Repsol has not been and does not want to be infringing U.S. law or sanctions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Repsol did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>
<p class="title">The U.S. special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, said on Friday that the U.S. government talks frequently with Spain and oil major Repsol, which operates in the South American country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The comments come after a U.S. official warned oil companies including Repsol who do business with Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, which Washington sanctioned last year, to "tread carefully."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"If the conditions, the sanctions, change, we will talk to Repsol," Abrams said in Spanish during a press conference call.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Abrams said Repsol has not been and does not want to be infringing U.S. law or sanctions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Repsol did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p>