Minister Araújo: Venezuela-Colombia impasse is over
Colombian Foreign Affairs Minister Fernando Araújo said
that the "recent problems" between Venezuela and Colombia "have
been overcome."
His remarks came on the occasion of the meeting Friday between
the presidents of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, and Colombia,
Álvaro Uribe in the city of Coro, northwest Venezuela.
"They are going to meet in order to show the international
community that the relationship between the two countries has
returned to the levels of cooperation, friendship and positive
links that prevailed in the past," said Araújo to Efe in
an interview made in Tokyo.
The Colombian Foreign Affairs Minister arrived in Japan on
Thursday in a three-day visit to commemorate the 100th anniversary
of the Colombian-Japanese diplomatic relations.
Chávez and Uribe are meeting on Friday at the Paraguaná
Refining Compound, 500 kilometers west of Caracas, the Venezuelan
capital, in order to mend the differences that caused a diplomatic
crisis eight months ago.
Chávez is meeting with Uribe after a conflict involving
the rebel Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) lead
to the provisional withdrawal of ambassadors from each country,
the mobilization of Venezuelan troops to the common border
and the partial suspension of border trade.
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