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Bogota—Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos will meet Thursday in Venezuela to discuss ending a row that has kept their border closed for nearly a year, officials said.
The Colombian president’s office said the two leaders would seek to “normalize” the situation along the border, which Maduro closed last year after an attack on a Venezuelan army patrol.
Maduro blamed the raid on right-wing paramilitaries from Colombia.
The leftist leader has briefly reopened the border in recent weeks to allow Venezuelans to stock up on food, medicine and other basics.
Venezuelais facing severe shortages amid an economic crisis fueled by the global crash in the price of oil, its main export.
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