This Thursday, Colombian President Ivan Duque will visit his US counterpart, Joe Biden, in what will be The first official meeting between the two leaders Since the White House leader took office.
(Venezuela recorded 1.7% inflation in February, according to the OVF.)
Although the agenda was set at the forefront, recent thrusts on Venezuela marking an alternative to Russian crude oil imports turned out to be the main topic of the meeting.
(The United States and the United Kingdom are blocking purchases of Russian energy.)
In fact, the Vice President and Secretary of State herself, Marta Lucia Ramirez, admitted that she was surprised by the meeting that the envoys of the US President had this weekend with Nicolas Maduro, for reasons related to Energy Security.
I didn’t know her, and I don’t know if the boss knew her. “The important thing is to listen to the United States because I think global geopolitics has changed in the last 15 days,” Ramirez told Radio Blue.
For Analyst and Professor of Finance, Government and International Relations, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Alejandro Bohorques Keni, this Washington’s rapprochement with Caracas It will be a major item on the agenda.
“I think a lot of Duque’s foreign policy is based on containing the Maduro government, and that rapprochement obviously worries him,” the professor said.
In an interview with Portafolio, President Ivan Duque confirmed earlier in the week that the visit takes place within the framework of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries and among the points that will be discussed are issues of Investment, trade, concern for immigrants, humanitarian support and condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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