Colombia, Venezuela’s presidents meet to rebuild ties

Colombian President Gustavo Petro held talks Tuesday with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro in the capital Caracas in their first meeting since the two countries reestablished diplomatic relations after a three-year break.

The two leaders discussed “various issues of bilateral cooperation,” Maduro said at a joint press conference following the talks, which lasted more than two hours.

It marked the first official visit of a Colombian president to Caracas in years. The last Colombian leader to visit Venezuela was Juan Manuel Santos in 2016.