Maduro says Venezuela open to US talks on drug trafficking

In an interview with state TV, the Venezuelan president also evaded a question about an attack in his country claimed by the US.

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In an interview with Venezuelan state TV, Maduro said he was ready for dialogue with the US "wherever they want and whenever they want".

He also evaded a question about a statement by President Donald Trump that the US had hit a docking facility in Venezuela - the first such attack inside the country reportedly carried out by the CIA.

US forces have been hitting vessels they suspect of smuggling narcotics through the Caribbean and eastern Pacific for the past three months.

In total, there have been more than 30 strikes on vessels as part of the Trump administration's "war on drugs" , with more than 110 people killed since the US carried out its first attack on a boat in international waters on 2 September.