Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Thursday he was open to talks with the US on drug trafficking and oil, after weeks of an escalating pressure campaign against his government.
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 President Donald Trump saying the US had attacked a docking facility in Venezuela, which was reportedly carried out by the CIA. The BBC has contacted the White House for comment.
It comes as US forces have been targeting 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.
