Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Carolina Barco arrived early on Thursday in Venezuela to hold talks with her Venezuelan counterpart Alí Rodríguez Araque on Venezuela recent move to leave the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) and the Group of Three (G3).

"We are very happy to attend this meeting," Barco told reporters in a brief statement before the meeting, AFP reported. Following the talks, they are going to offers a news conference.

Barco was accompanied by Colombian ministers of Industry and Commerce, Jorge Humberto Botero; and Energy and Mines, Luis Ernesto Mejía; as well as the Colombian ambassador in Caracas Enrique Vargas, AFP informed.

Venezuelan Energy and Petroleum minister, Rafael Ramírez; Infrastructure vice-minister, Álvaro Carrasco; and Foreign Affairs vice-minister, Pável Rondón also attended the meeting.

The heads of the Presidential Committee for Negotiations (Cobeg) and the Presidential Committee on Integration and Border Issues (Copiaf) were also present.

Coban was created in 2005. During this second meeting, the committee is to address six topics, namely, integration, trade, energy, geographical integration, bilateral mechanism, environment and consular affairs, Rondón said late Wednesday.

He added that "a feasibility report on the construction of the multi-purpose pipeline and oil pipeline stretching from Cabrutas to Tumaco in Colombia, on the Pacific Coast, will be presented," Rondón added.

Besides, the two countries are to discuss the construction of a gas pipeline linking Punta Ballena in Colombia to Maracaibo, in Venezuelan northwestern state of Zulia. Rondón reminded that construction works are to start next July 8th.