Then an extension of one month was agreed so that nationals only present their driver’s license and identity card or passport.
Tulcan
The opening of the Rumichaca international bridge with the application of protocols and biosafety measures, agreed by Ecuador and Colombia, took place this Wednesday.
The official act for the qualification of the passage was foreseen in a meeting of the Ministers of Transport and Public Works of both nations that would sign an agreement, in the ECU911 of Tulcán. The event was scheduled to start at 14:30.
However, in the early hours of the morning, Colombia implemented the protocols, something that created inconveniences for Ecuadorian drivers, who were required to present the crew card.
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The requirement paralyzed the passage of the trucks for an hour, and Yaco Martínez, governor of Carchi, had to intervene, who in Rumichaca indicated that it was a misunderstanding by the immigration and transit authorities of the neighboring country.
After several lobbying between the provincial representative of the Executive and Colombian delegates An extension of one month was agreed so that nationals only present their driver’s license and identity card or passport.
One of the Ecuadorian drivers told THE UNIVERSE that the request for postponement of the international license requirement is justified since the National Transit Agency of Ecuador (ANT), after the attack on the computer system, reconsidered and postponed the dispatch of shifts for all kinds of procedures.
Once the impasse was remedied, the heavy trucks with export and import goods began to flow towards Ipiales and Tulcán. It is estimated that 350 trucks circulate daily, with the launch of the first phase the number will increase.
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The National Border Center (Cenaf) in Ecuador from this Wednesday activated with normal hours the offices of Agrocalidad, Health, Customs, Migration, National Police, among others, that provide services in Rumichaca.
The governor of Carchi commented that now exporters, importers, transporters, among others, can carry out their procedures from 08:00 to 19:00; On the other hand, the passage of motor vehicles is authorized between 08:00 and 17:00, two hours more than until yesterday, Tuesday. (I)
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