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With mediation of Uruguay and Ecuador border Colombia / Venezuela reopens
The talks -- facilitated by Correa and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez -- lasted five hours and also saw an agreement of “the situation on the border” Colombia and Venezuela have agreed to restore diplomatic dialogue and oversee “progressive normalization” of their border, after a meeting between Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his counterpart Nicolas Maduro.
The two countries have been locked in a border conflict for a month, after Maduro ordered the closure of part of the frontier, saying some of his military were attacked during an anti-smuggling operation by Colombian paramilitaries.
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, who hosted the talks in Quito, made the announcement in a joint statement that said Santos and Maduro had authorized the “immediate return of their respective ambassadors.”
It was the first meeting between Maduro and Santos since the crisis erupted on August 19.
The talks -- facilitated by Correa and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez -- lasted five hours and also saw an agreement that the two countries conduct an “investigation of the situation on the border.”
Afterwards, Maduro said: “Common sense prevailed.”
Santos described the talks as “calm, respectful and productive.”
Maduro had previously accused Colombia of waging an “attack on Venezuela's economy,” a reference to the rampant smuggling of heavily subsidized goods out of the oil-rich but shortage-hit socialist country.
The row also saw about 20,000 Colombians deported or flee Venezuela, prompting Bogota to accuse Caracas of violating its citizens' rights.
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Read all commentsIt 9/22/2015 and all is quiet.
Sep 22nd, 2015 - 11:09 am 0Brasshole,
Sep 22nd, 2015 - 12:51 pm 0“ ...all is quiet... ”
Brazilian Worker's Party members are going to priding. Petrobras is unable to finance its operations completely as their operating funds disappeared, severe cutbacks to all Brazilian social services to the poor, Venezuela is to abruptly melt down socially, economically and morally. Gosh, even the BRICKS are about as solid as an adobe brick in the rain....
Brasshole where's your mate Vaccari now, locked up in a 6 by 4 cell is where he is.
Sep 22nd, 2015 - 01:27 pm 015 years, bet he's making that plea bargain and turning evidence that will bring down more of this scurge to society.
Bet Santos gritted his teeth when dealing with that plonker Maduro....
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