Petro announces that Colombia and Venezuela will apply for full and formal membership in Mercosur
This means the return of the neighboring country to this alliance after 9 years. Photo: Archive - Andrés Carvajar
TL;DR
- Colombia and Venezuela will request full membership in Mercosur.
- Venezuela was a full member of Mercosur from 2012 to 2017 before being suspended.
- Colombia has been an associate state of Mercosur since 2004.
- Progress has been made in energy integration between Colombia and Venezuela.
- A coordinated military strategy to combat drug trafficking on the shared border is being implemented.
- The Binational Commission of Good Neighborliness will meet on April 23-24 in Maracaibo.