Washington DC - President Donald Trump said on Saturday that China is "welcome" to invest in Venezuela's oil industry as the country looks to revive its economy in the wake of President Nicolás Maduro's abduction.

"China is welcome to come in and would make a great deal on oil. We welcome China," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, noting that Venezuela's Interim President Delcy Rodriguez on Friday agreed to an energy deal with India.

"India is coming in, and they're going to be buying Venezuelan oil as opposed to buying it from Iran, so we've already made that deal, the concept of the deal, but China is welcome to come in and buy oil," Trump said.

Since Maduro's abduction in early January, Trump has repeatedly claimed that Washington is now "in charge" of Venezuela, where an interim government has formed made up of the remnants of the Maduro regime.

Trump claims that Caracas will share profits from its oil industry with the US and on Saturday said that he is "getting along very well with the leadership of Venezuela. They're doing a really good job."

His comments also come a day after Trump reportedly told Delhi that it can resume its imports of Venezuelan oil, an activity that triggered tariffs from Washington last year, as it pivots away from reliance on Russia.

Trump also told reporters that the US would work out a "deal" with Cuba, despite threatening tariffs on countries like Mexico, which supplies oil to the country.

"I think they probably would come to us and want to make a deal so Cuba would be free again," Trump said. "I think we’re going to work a deal with Cuba."