Peru and Venezuela will restore ties at ambassador level for the
normalization of diplomatic ties, Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister
Jose Garcia Belaunde said on Tuesday.
"We will exchange ambassadors. We have not yet reached an
agreement on a date, but that's the next step. It will probably
happen in no more than six months. I have to talk with the
president (Alan Garcia)," Garcia Belaunde said at a press
conference.
Both governments recalled their ambassadors last April after an
insults exchange between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and
Garcia during Peru's presidential election campaign that Carcia
finally won.
The two leaders, however, reached a reconciliation at the Dec.
8-9 Summit of the South American Community of Nations in
Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Garcia hailed the normalization and said he did not rule out a
visit to Caracas or a visit to Lima by Chavez in the following
months.
(Xinhua News Agency December 13, 2006)
