Venezuela, Colombia restore diplomatic ties after three-year break

BOGOTA, 30 August 2022, (TON): Venezuela and Colombia restored full diplomatic relations after a three-year break, as a new leftist government in Bogota takes shape.

A new Colombian ambassador, Armando Benedetti, arrived in Caracas and said “relations with Venezuela should never have been severed. We are brothers and an imaginary line cannot separate us.”

He was welcomed by deputy foreign minister Rander Pena Ramirez, who tweeted that “our historical ties summon us to work together for the happiness of our peoples.”

Colombia’s new leftist president, Gustavo Petro, and Venezuela’s socialist president Nicolas Maduro announced on August 11 that they planned to restore diplomatic relations that were severed in 2019.

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