Garzon said that Santos, who will be inaugurated on Aug. 7, is aimed to strengthen ties with Colombia's neighboring governments, during his administration.
"The message we want to give to peoples and governments is unity, friendship, cooperation and peace," Garzon said.
Venezuela froze ties with Colombia on July 28, 2009. Later in the same year Venezuela expressed its rejection on the Colombia-U. S. military cooperation agreement signed in October 2009, which allows the presence of U.S. troops in Colombian bases.
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CARACAS, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The Venezuelan government requested on Thursday an urgent meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), claiming that neighboring Colombia was getting ready for a war against the country.
Meanwhile, the government ordered the closure of the Colombian embassy in Venezuela, giving the embassy staff 72 hours to leave the country. Full story
