Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he meets Colombia's Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela October, 4, 2022.Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he meets Colombia's Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva at the Miraflores Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela October, 4, 2022.
“President Gustavo Petro will travel to the city of Caracas with his team to have lunch with the Venezuelan president,” Petro’s office said in a statement about the meeting – the leaders’ first since the thaw in relations. Venezuela is a guarantor country at Colombia’s talks with the National Liberation Army rebels, which will resume in November.
Caracas broke off relations with Bogota in 2019 after Venezuelan opposition activists tried to send aid trucks from Colombia.