MADRID, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has extended an olive branch to U.S. President Donald Trump, proposing serious talks on combating drug trafficking and offering U.S. companies ready access to Venezuelan oil.
Maduro said Venezuela was a “brother country” to the United States and a friendly government. He noted that when he and Trump last spoke in November, the U.S. president had acknowledged his authority by addressing him as “Mr. President.”
The longtime Venezuelan strongman spoke in an interview that was filmed on New Year’s Eve and aired on Venezuelan state TV on the evening of New Year’s Day.
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