The meetings between the authorities of Venezuela and Colombia are advancing with the aim of reestablishing relations between the two nations.
The president of the neighboring country, Gustavo Petro, declared to a Colombian media outlet that “work is being done on the normalization of relations, which is a process that implies the opening of the border,” among other issues such as the reestablishment of “commercial, cultural, social, family and military.
He added that there was already “an institutional framework that was created even for decades” and that in Petro’s opinion “it is necessary to rebuild again before the entire process” of reconciliation is launched.
In this sense, he stressed that for now a meeting with the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, is not planned.
Petro explained that his foreign minister, Álvaro Leyva, is making the necessary contacts with the Venezuelan government to manage the plan to reopen the binational border.
Soon, the Minister for Defense, General Vladimir Padrino, will establish communication with his Colombian counterpart, Iván Velásquez Gómez, in order to resume military ties between the two nations.
Bankrupt Monomers
Regarding the case of the Colombian-Venezuelan company Monómeros, Petro asserted that “it is a complex issue, because it is an almost bankrupt company. It is necessary to see technically how it can be restarted, it is necessary to see the legal forms, it is necessary to see the system of sanctions that is still in force. Let’s just say that’s not that easy.”
The Venezuelan side maintains its willingness to resume relations with the Government of New Granada “on the basis of respect and love,” said President Maduro.
Venezuelan officials agree that this stage for Colombia and Venezuela constitutes a second opportunity to work for the well-being of their peoples.
