Washington:The United States has removed sanctions on Jorge Jesus Rodriguez Gomez, who serves as the head of Venezuela's National Assembly and is the brother of the country's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez.

According to Anadolu Agency, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), part of the US Treasury Department, announced the removal of Rodriguez from its Venezuela-related sanctions list in an update released on Wednesday.

Jorge Jesus Rodriguez Gomez, born in 1965, is a Venezuelan national and the sibling of Delcy Rodriguez, whose own sanctions were lifted by OFAC in April.