Colombia-Venezuela border integration put on hold

The agenda on Colombia-Venezuela border issues remains on hold after two meetings between both countries' foreign ministers were called off in the past few months. The appointment has been rescheduled for early November 2012.

The meeting between Colombian Foreign Minister María Ángela Holguín and her Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro was to be held in Arauca, Colombia, last June 12, but it was called off due to "schedule issues." The same happened on August 26, the new date set for the meeting.

The electricity interconnection between Apure state (southwest Venezuela) and the Arauca department (Colombia), binational security, health and economy, and the construction of the National Border Assistance Center are the pending topics on the agenda, as stated in August by the governor of the Arauca department, José Facundo Castillo Cisneros.