U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright arrived in Venezuela Wednesday as the Trump administration seeks control over the country’s oil industry. Wright is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Venezuela since Trump’s military attack and abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in early January. Wright met with interim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez.

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez: “The Venezuelan people welcome those who come to our country with open arms. We are also willing to welcome investors from around the world, including the United States, to work alongside us, bringing the oil industry up to the highest standards.”

On Thursday, Wright toured facilities in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt, which holds one of the largest reserves of crude oil, with Chevron officials. Delcy Rodríguez’s interim government has also sent Venezuela’s first oil shipment to Israel in nearly two decades, according to Bloomberg News. The late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, a staunch supporter of Palestine, cut relations with Israel in 2009.