India, May 21 -- Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez will be visiting India next week to discuss selling oil, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Thursday.

Rodriguez has been in power since the US captured and deposed Nicolas Maduro in January and Rubio's announcement of a foreign leader's travel that demonstrates the influence that US now has over Caracas.

Rubio is also set to embark on his India tour on Saturday.

With India's growing economy hit by the chaos set off by the US and Israeli attack on Iran, Rubio said, "We want to sell them as much energy as they'll buy."

"We also think there's opportunities with Venezuelan oil. In fact, it's my understanding that the interim president of Venezuela will be traveling to I...