Uribe, Chávez to restore bilateral cooperation
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| Colombia's President Álvaro Uribe (left) and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez (right) talk at the 20th Group of Rio Summit in Santo Domingo last March 7, as Dominican ruler Leonel Fernandez looks on after they agreed to resolve the crisis set off by an attack on a FARC guerrilla camp inside Ecuadorian territory by the Colombian armed forces early in March (File Photo) |
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Following the serious impasses that affected bilateral relations,
the Presidents of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, and Venezuela,
Hugo Chávez, will try to turn over a new leaf in the meeting
to be held Friday in the city of Coro, northwest Venezuela,
where both governments hope to attain a constructive reconciliation.
The Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nicolás Maduro
said during the Second Conference of States to Prevent, Punish
and Eradicate Violence, held in Caracas, "We have a strong relationship
in multiple areas that have to be developed in a respectful,
constructive and permanent framework that is going to be restored
after the meeting."
The minister highlighted that the topics to be addressed by
the two leaders include energy, trade, infrastructure and border
cooperation programs.
"You are aware of the differences we have had and of efforts
made by President Chávez during the Dominican Republic
summit and during the Unasur summit in Brasilia. After these
two meetings, we (Venezuelan and Colombian authorities) resumed
talks," Maduro said.
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