Venezuela, Colombia Fulfill Accords
Venezuela´s President Hugo Chavez and Colombia´s Alvaro Uribe have agreed, among other issues of interests for both nations, to fulfill accords designed to speed up construction of the bi-national gas pipeline.

The Ministry for Informatics and Communication has reported that both heads of state reviewed in a telephone conversation Saturday current bilateral relations.

On December 17, both leaders met in the Colombian city of Santa Marta and also agreed on a regular supply of Venezuelan gasoline to Colombia, with direct fuel sales from the state owned oil company PDVSA to its similar ECOPETROL.

The largest volume of Colombian-Venezuelan trade was reached last year, with negotiations valued at over $3.2 billion.