Venezuela’s communications ministry has said President Nicolas Maduro will meet US envoy for Special Missions Richard Grenell.

The US and Venezuela have fraught ties marked by broken diplomatic relations, sanctions and accusations of criminal activity and coup-plotting.

CNN, which first broke the news of the meeting between Grenell and Maduro, said the US envoy is expected to discuss deportation flights to Venezuela.

The South American country has refused to take back any nationals from the US, where Trump is pushing to carry out his “mass deportation” plan.