The peace commissioner of Colombia, Otty Patiño, proposed this Monday to the Authorities of Venezuela to create a “border regime” targeted on guaranteeing peace and safety in “binational peoples”, a course of by which – he famous – communities can take part. and “armed actors” with a presence in these areas.
“We ask that there be the chance, along with communities and even with armed actors that transfer inside these borders, that we will take a look at a brand new border regime with Venezuela. It appears to me that it’s a crucial and really pressing concern and it’s key for peace in Colombia,” he mentioned at first of the primary cycle of negotiations between the Colombian Authorities and the Second Marquetalia – FARC dissident -, in Caracas.
In his opinion, “neither of the 2 international locations might make peace in isolation”, since “the peace of Colombia influences that of Venezuela and vice versa.”
“We now have to inaugurate a brand new section of brotherhood between the 2 peoples and between (…) the 2 Governments, of Venezuela and Colombia and, in that sense, we imagine that what has been an important concern (…) It’s the era of border zones of peace. Hopefully we will deepen it,” he mentioned.
On this sense, he defined that work should be carried out to make sure that there’s a “deep institutionality on the borders” and never go away the “binational peoples” within the palms of “these, making the most of the informality (…), who can order or dysfunction the lives of over there”.
This Monday, on the event of the start of negotiations between the Colombian Authorities and the Second Marquetalia, the Venezuelan Government, one of many guarantor international locations of this course of, expressed its “unrestricted assist for all initiatives and actions that result in peace” of the Andean nation, and reiterated its dedication to “proceed working vigorously” to “make Latin America and the Caribbean a territory of peace, union and prosperity.”
Final April, the Colombian International Minister, Luis Gilberto Murillo, and his Venezuelan counterpart, Yván Gil, talked regarding peace, regional affairs, commerce, transportation and safety, amongst different matters, in a gathering as a part of the monitoring mechanism of the Fee of Neighborhood and Integration of each international locations.
Caracas and Bogotá resumed their diplomatic relations, damaged in 2019, following the arrival to energy within the Andean nation of its present president, Gustavo Petro, in August 2022.
Caracas / EFE
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2024-06-25 01:36:15
