Petro announces that Colombia and Venezuela will request full membership in Mercosur
The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced this Saturday that his country and Venezuela will request their accession to Mercosur as full members, one day after the meeting held in Caracas by ministers of the two countries, which he described as "supremely successful". EFE "We will ask for the moratorium to be lifted so that Venezuela can join Mercosur [...]
TL;DR
- Colombia and Venezuela will jointly request full membership in Mercosur.
- Venezuela's full membership in Mercosur was suspended in 2017 due to the 'democratic clause'.
- Colombia has been an associate state of Mercosur since 2004.
- Progress has been made in energy integration between Colombia and Venezuela.
- The lifting of U.S. sanctions is seen as necessary for full energy integration.
- Integral military coordination will be undertaken to destroy drug trafficking on the border.
- A Binational Commission of Good Neighborliness meeting is scheduled for April 23-24 in Maracaibo.