Colombia and Venezuela to appoint new ambassadors, reopening diplomatic relations

FILE PHOTO: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faria attends a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia July 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool

SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (Reuters) - Colombia's incoming government and Venezuela will appoint ambassadors to the two countries' capitals after years without diplomatic relations and will work to boost security along their shared border, officials said on Thursday.

The plan to appoint ambassadors was outlined in a joint declaration made by Venezuela's Foreign Minister, Carlos Faria, and Alvaro Leyva, the designated foreign minister of Colombia's next president, Gustavo Petro, following a meeting in the border city of San Cristobal.