This Tuesday, July 12, John Gonzalez, National Security Advisor for the Western Hemisphere of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, confirmed that he will visit Colombia before the inauguration of President-elect Gustavo Petro, which will be on August 7.
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González told Blu Radio that he and a delegation will meet Petro so that, when he takes office, the agenda between both nations advances quickly and with concrete actions.
“We are going to visit Colombia before the inauguration because the focus after the call between the two presidents was the agenda, where the issue of climate change, the issue of economic cooperation and the issue of the peace agreement were highlighted.“, ad.
The senior official also said that the visit will be next week and will take place in Bogotá. The idea is to send a message good faith towards the new Government. “We are going to give a constructive signal and in good faith to try to work with this government,” he added.
He also pointed out that since White House It is being defined who will be the representative of the United States for the act of possession of Petro. “We are going to send someone from a high level. We are going to have to announce it and our focus will be the bilateral agenda,” she confirmed.
There will also be a meeting with the Maduro regime
the senator Gloria Florezone of the delegates of the programmatic retreat of the Historical Pact, in Medellín, announced that representatives of the party will meet with Venezuelan parliamentarians to advance rapprochement between these countries.
A few weeks ago, Petro had confirmed that he had spoken with the government of Nicholas Maduro to manage the complete reopening of the Colombian border with Venezuela.
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“It is up to us to accompany the process to restore diplomatic and commercial relations with Venezuela because the parliaments represent the peoples. The border closure has had very serious implications and that is why we must meet. There are critical points on the borders and they deserve a dialogue between parliaments”, wrote the congresswoman.
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