VENEZUELA BEGINS 1ST ROAD LPG SHIPMENT TO COLOMBIA

ISTANBUL, March 14 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has announced that the first shipment of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from her country to Colombia by road has begun, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

Rodríguez met with a delegation led by Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on Friday.

Speaking after the meeting, Rodríguez said the first LPG shipment transported by road between the two countries was carried out between the Colombian city of Cúcuta and Venezuela’s Táchira state.

She noted that trucks belonging to the state oil company PDVSA crossed the International Simón Bolívar Bridge, which connects the two countries.

“This is the first passage of tankers carrying LPG and butane gas to Colombia through the Simón Bolívar Bridge. It is the first LPG export from Venezuela to Colombia,” she said.

Addressing Colombian President Gustavo Petro, Rodríguez said that Venezuela is following the path of the legendary 19th-century revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar and emphasised that measures against Venezuela harm both countries and the wider Latin American region.

In a post on social media platform X, Petro called for full energy integration between Colombia and Venezuela and a fully coordinated operation to drive armed narco groups from the shared border.

“The binational zone belongs to the peoples and is the fundamental pillar of the true integration of the two republics founded by Bolívar,” he said.

Petro added that he proposes “making double nationality a reality in terms of full rights for Venezuelan citizens in Colombia and for Colombian citizens in Venezuela.”

“I propose zero tariffs on all binational trade and full energy integration, prioritising clean energies,” he added.

-- BERNAMA-ANADOLU