Parliaments Of Venezuela, Colombia Agree To Discuss Normalization Of Relations - Speaker

Parliaments of Venezuela, Colombia Agree to Discuss Normalization of Relations - Speaker

CARACAS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 21st October, 2021) The parliaments of Venezuela and Colombia have agreed to cooperate to restore and normalize relations between the two countries, Venezuelan National Assembly Speaker Jorge Rodriguez said.

The two countries severed diplomatic relations in February 2019 amid a border crisis related to supplies of humanitarian aid to Venezuela.

According to Rodriguez, the president of the Senate (upper house of the Colombian Congress), Juan Diego Gomez Jimenez, responded positively to the proposal of the Venezuelan side to launch the negotiation process.

"(We will discuss) the following issues: first, normalization of diplomatic relations, second, normalization of trade and business relations, including mutual protection of companies in each other's countries," the Venezuelan speaker told reporters.