Benedetti was received on Monday with honors at the Miraflores Palaceseat of the Executive power of Venezuela and workplace of Maduro, for Carlos FariasVenezuelan Foreign Minister. “We talked about the urgency of reestablishing the bonds of friendship that should never have been broken,” said the Colombian diplomat after meeting with Maduro.
Armando Benedetti, a journalist by profession born in Barranquilla, took office this Monday, the same day as his 55th birthday, along with Luis Fernando Cuartas Ayaladirector of Assistance to Nationals Abroad of the Foreign Ministry, who facilitated the arrival of the new ambassador to Venezuela.
His appointment was made official on August 11 in the voice of the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro. On that occasion, the Colombian president entrusted Benedetti with the priority mission of “reestablish the institutionality that existed decades before so that the two sister peoples can guarantee their freedoms and ensure that between Colombia and Venezuela wealth can be built for both peoples”.
The steps to resume bilateral relations
The rapprochement between Caracas and Bogotá began on June 22, through a telephone contact between presidents Gustavo Petro and Nicolás Maduro, where both discussed the provision of restore normality at the border.
Then, on July 28, after the meeting in the border state Tachirabetween the foreign ministers of Venezuela, Carlos Faría, and of Colombia, Alvaro Leyva Duranthe desire for cooperation between the “brother countries” was reaffirmed.
In this sense, a work agenda was defined, which includes, among other aspects, the peace plans and security, as well as the progressive economic and commercial opening of the 2,219-kilometre border shared by both countries.
In turn, Maduro also appointed Felix Plasencia, Ambassador of Venezuela in Colombia. The president made the announcement on August 11, after highlighting on that occasion that Plasencia will be in charge of leading the new stage of bilateral relations, under the principles of mutual respect and self-determination of peoples.
Colombia and Venezuela, suspended their relations since February 23, 2019 by order of Maduro who accused the government of the then president Ivan Duke of promoting plans to force his overthrow.
Duque supported the opposition leader Juan Guaidowho proclaimed himself interim president while he was leader of the National Assembly arguing that the socialist president was re-elected in “fraudulent” elections held in 2018.
Source: Ambito
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