Colombia: First commuters cross bridge connecting Colombia to Venezuela as border reopens

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Commuters flocked to the Francisco de Paula Santander international bridge connecting Colombia with Venezuela, Friday, as Caracas continues opening its borders.

Residents observed as giant containers in Venezuelan tricolour were removed from the bridge after blocking the border cross for over two years, and municipal services cleared the bridge from the sand and debris.

Local and regional authorities supervised the reopening and gave a short comment to the press.

“We are not going to allow anyone to bombard this commercial opening, we are not going to fall into provocations of any kind, and we are committed to solidarity, to the reunion between Colombia and Venezuela”, Governor of Tachira State Freddy Bernal stated.

The Francisco de Paula Santander bridge reopening four days after Venezuelan officials removed containers from another border cross located at the Simon Bolivar International bridge.

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SOT, Freddy Bernal, Governor of Tachira State (Spanish): “We are waiting for the Colombian authorities to sit down with us, and from here on behalf of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela we send our greetings to the Colombian people, we send our greetings to the Colombian authorities and we ratify the following. We are not going to allow anyone to bombard this commercial opening, we are not going to fall into provocations of any kind, and we are committed to solidarity, to the reunion between Colombia and Venezuela. But fundamentally I am betting on the prosperity of the State of Tachira (Venezuela) and betting on the prosperity of the State of Tachira is also betting on the prosperity of the State of Santander (Colombia).”

SOT, Jhon Carrillo. Mayor of Urena (Spanish): “Surely on the Colombian side, the relevant institutions will surely come to an agreement in the days to come to organise in view of the fact that a large part of the merchandise is now entering through Paraguachon and well surely there are some bureaucratic protocols that imply reorienting the entry of merchandise through the Francisco de Paula Santander Bridge.”

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