President Nicolás Maduro announced this Friday the joint opening of the borders between Venezuela and Colombia as of September 26.
Similarly, he reported that flights will resume on the Caracas-Bogotá and Valencia-Bogotá routes.
“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. The exchange and cooperation between our peoples, restart on the right foot” reported the Chief Executive through your account on the social network Twitter.
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro confirmed through a message on his Twitter account the your government’s commitment for reestablishing brotherly relations with Venezuela, and ratified the date for the opening of the border between the two neighboring nations, as well as the resumption of air connections and cargo transportation.
“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 reestablish brotherly relations,” President Petro wrote.
Great news for Venezuela and Colombia
“The opening of the border between Venezuela and Colombia is great news for our peoples,” Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faría said this Friday, also through Twitter.
He also highlighted the political will of the leaders of Venezuela and Colombia as a key factor for the rapprochement of the two nations.
«The political will of our presidents has been the key to this beginning in the economic, social and human rapprochement. Two sister peoples determined to move forward”, published the Foreign Minister.
