Maduro announced Venezuela's readiness to discuss the fight against drug trafficking with the United States.

Caracas is ready to start discussions with Washington on a potential agreement on the fight against drug trafficking initiated by US President Donald Trump if the negotiations are "serious." This was announced on Thursday, January 1, by the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.

"If they (the United States. They want to seriously discuss an agreement on combating drug trafficking, we are ready," RIA Novosti news agency quoted him as saying live on air to journalist Ignacio Ramonet.

The Venezuelan leader clarified that the American side had been repeatedly informed of his country's readiness to begin the negotiation process.

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Nikolai Topornin, an international lawyer and director of the Center for European Information, spoke to Izvestia on December 23, 2025, and pointed to Trump's attempts to weaken Venezuela, an oil country, by blocking its tankers. On the same day, the American leader announced that the targets of the United States attacks on boats in Latin America were allegedly only drug traffickers.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Venezuelan counterpart Ivan Gil, during telephone talks on December 22, 2025, expressed serious concern about Washington's escalating actions in the Caribbean. During the conversation, the Russian Foreign Minister said that Moscow confirms its full support for Caracas.

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