The designated ambassador of Colombia to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, arrived in Caracas this Sunday to present credentials to the Venezuelan government, as part of the actions to restore relations between the two countries.
As reported by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry In a press release, Benedetti stressed that relations with Venezuela should never have been broken.
“We are brothers and an imaginary line cannot separate us, much less a public policy of the State, as happened with President Duque,” he said.
He explained that one of the work priorities in this new stage is to re-boost bilateral trade.
“We are going to look for an economic zone, tax exemptions and legislation that allows the Colombian government to invest in works that have an impact on the development of the region,” he explained.
“On behalf of the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro Moros, we welcomed the designated Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia in Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, to the country, which means reestablishing our historical ties, and cooperation ties that call us to work together for the happiness of our peoples. Welcome!” This was expressed on his social network Twitter account by the Deputy Minister of the Foreign Ministry, Rander Peña, this Sunday.
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The Ambassador Benedetti He is a social communicator. Between 1990 and 1991, he was part of the political and international newsroom of the newspaper El Tiempo de Bogotá.
He was elected Senator of the Republic in the 2006 elections for the U party and was re-elected for the period 2010-2014.
In the Legislative Power, Benedetti endorsed the project that provides social security and property rights to couples from the LGBTIQ+ community.
Benedetti has been a colleague of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, since the Senate’s first commission in 2006, coinciding ideologically on the issue of peace.
On July 28, he visited Venezuela together with the then Foreign Minister appointed by Petro, Álvaro Leyva, participating in the meeting with the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Carlos Faría, in the city of San Cristóbal, in Táchira state.
