Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that the land border with Colombia will fully reopen on January 1, as part of a process that began in September. restoration of relations between the two countries????????
“I can announce that we will open the whole of western Venezuela’s border with Colombia to full vehicular traffic,” Maduro said in a statement on the state channel.
On September 26, Venezuela and Colombia began the process of opening the land border, which was partially closed seven years ago and completely blocked three years ago, after Maduro broke relations after the previous Colombian government did not recognize his re-election.
As soon as Colombia’s first left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, came to power, he sought to maintain contact and supported the reopening of the borders.
The Simón Bolívar Bridge, which connects Cúcuta with the Venezuelan city of San Antonio del Táchira, is currently open for freight vehicles from 10:00 to 17:00 and for pedestrians from 5:00 to 18:00.
The two countries share a border of more than 2,200 km, which has been affected by drug trafficking, smuggling and armed groups, and where trade has collapsed since the rupture.
The air link was partially restarted in anticipation of the expansion of the two lines and routes between the two countries.
According to Maduro, Venezuela is the guarantor of peace talks between the Colombian government and the ELN guerrillas. Lula in the presidential election.
source: Noticias
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