Washington DC, Jan. 9 -- US Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Friday said Washington's economic pressure, including a blockade over Venezuelan oil exports, has helped leverage the Trump Administration to influence Caracas to work with them, noting that the blockade was also significant for enforcing the sanctions on the Latin American country.

During an interview with Fox News, the Energy Secretary stated that economic blockade is a way to exert pressure in the region without resorting to traditional military combat.

He asserted that the move by the US could see a "very, very positive change in the trajectory of Venezuela".

"A large military force is down there to enforce the sanctions... and with the blockade, he (Trump) enforced the s...