“Venezuela and Colombia are two brother peoples, who are already on their way to working together to restore relations that will translate into great benefits for our country,” said Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faria, upon learning of this step in the resumption of political and economic relations. the two countries.
“We salute AlvaroLeyva and plasenciafelixr at this historic moment for the great nation,” the Venezuelan minister said on his Twitter account.
The law came at a special meeting at the headquarters of the Colombian Foreign Ministry, as part of steps to deliver letters of credit to the country’s President Gustavo Petro.
Plasencia arrived in Bogota on Sunday to formalize the restoration of diplomatic and trade relations, in a new chapter in the history of the two countries.
This new moment is “to save the brotherhood between Venezuela and Colombia, which are the same people. Nothing that happened should have happened”, he told Prensa Latina.
The diplomat emphasized: “We are reminiscing the meeting, the passion has always been there and thanks to this great affection, the meeting will be easy, transparent, sincere and profound.”
He emphasized that the ties between the two countries are a fundamental pillar for the growth, security, calm and good future of Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Venezuela and Colombia are central to the Latin American concert, with a natural expectation, a convergence, and they were a center of cooperation, exchange, union and integration, and that’s what we came here to do,” Placencia stressed. .
In February 2019, President Maduro announced the decision to cut political and diplomatic ties with Colombia, blaming the administration of former President Ivan Duque (2018-2022) for supporting aggression against the Bolivarian nation, with the complicity of the United States and the Venezuelan far-right. .
Colombia’s head of state, Gustavo Petro, said from his election campaign that he would restore relations with Venezuela and work for the benefit of the population on both sides of the border.
On August 11, Maduro appointed former Foreign Minister Felix Placencia as ambassador to Colombia, with the aim of restoring bilateral relations, and on the same day, he appointed Petro Benedetti to the neighboring country, who has arrived in Caracas today.
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