the president of ColombiaGustavo Petro, announced this Friday that on September 26 there will be an “opening” of the border with Venezuela, with the resumption of the air connection and cargo transport. This is one more step towards the normalization of relations, broken in 2019.
“On September 26 we will open the border between Colombia and Venezuela. As a first step, the air connection and cargo transport between our countries will be resumed, ”Petro detailed from Twitter, while his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, announced it on the same social network.
On September 26 we will open the border between Colombia and Venezuela. As a first step, the air connection and cargo transport between our countries will be resumed. We confirm the Government’s commitment to restore brotherly relations.
– Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) September 9, 2022
“I am very happy to announce that as of #26Sep we will jointly open the borders between Venezuela and Colombia. In addition, we will resume flights between Caracas – Bogotá and Valencia – Bogotá”, wrote the Venezuelan president.
The two countries reestablished political and diplomatic relations on August 29 with the delivery of the credentials of the Colombian ambassador, Armando Benedetti, to President Nicolás Maduro, according to a report by the agency. Latin Press (PL).
The agency reports that the reunion between representatives of the two nations was sealed on Wednesday with the same procedure before the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, by the Venezuelan ambassador, Félix Plascencia.
I am very happy to announce that from #26Sep We will jointly open the borders between Venezuela and Colombia. In addition, we will resume flights between Caracas – Bogotá and Valencia – Bogotá. The exchange and cooperation between our peoples restart on the right foot. pic.twitter.com/5iTqHbCVY5
– Nicolas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) September 9, 2022
The day before, Maduro held a meeting with the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, Germán Umaña, who was received at the Miraflores Palace, the seat of government.
Umaña arrived in Caracas to fulfill a work agenda of binational interest, the Venezuelan Vice Minister of Relations, Rander Peña, reported on his Twitter account.
In the first weeks of the Petro government, the two countries announced the reestablishment of relations and appointed ambassadors, although, the agency recalls Eph that Maduro asked that the management towards the long-awaited reopening “be more slowly” and safely, taking into account drug trafficking in the border area.
With information from Efe and PL.
