Venezuelan president says ready for dialogue with U.S. on combating drug trafficking

CARACAS, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in a TV broadcast on Thursday that he is ready if Washington wants serious negotiations on an agreement to combat drug trafficking.

Maduro said many people, even within the United States, do not believe the narrative of drug manufacturing in Venezuela, noting that both Venezuela and the United States need to hold a serious dialogue based on the