Colombia and Venezuela will seek full Mercosur membership, Petro says

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia and Venezuela will seek full membership in Mercosur, following a ministerial meeting in Caracas he described as highly successful. Petro called for the moratorium on Venezuela's membership to be lifted and said Colombia would submit its own application.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said his country and Venezuela will seek admission to Mercosur as full members, one day after a ministerial meeting in Caracas that he described as “extremely successful,” according to EFE. In a message posted on X, Petro said: “We will ask for the moratorium to be lifted so Venezuela can enter Mercosur as a full member, and Colombia will submit its own request to join as a full member.”