In the midst of the drive to restore relations at all levels between Colombia and Venezuela, The Venezuelan Minister of Industry, Hipólito Abreuassured that at the moment there is no key or exact date to open the bilateral border crossings.
during your visit to the Pedro María Ureña municipality in the state of Táchira (border with Norte de Santander, Colombia), Minister Abreu pointed out that the Venezuelan government is not in a hurry to reopen immediately given that It must be done “properly”.
The Minister, who was accompanied by the governor of Táchira, Freddy Bernal, added that the presidents still need to Gustavo Petro (Colombian) and Nicholas Maduro (Venezuela) agree on some points that you did not detail.
Abreu recognized that there is “impatience and quite a lot of expectation” in the commercial and business sector for the reopening of the border and stressed that the crossing bridges must be adequate to receive a large vehicular flow.
