President Gustavo Petro A message from “will take this week to the UN General Assembly”Hope and peace“And you will ask for the creation of a”armed peace” for stop the war in Gaza, affirmed Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio In an interview with the agency EFE.
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“The world needs to hear a message of hope. The fight for world peace will be one of the axes of work (…) also to end the genocide in Gaza“Villavicencio said, who traveled to New York on Saturday.
Petro arrives this Sunday to participate in The high -level sessions that will begin on September 23, day when you are expected to pronounce your speech before the UN.
The Foreign Minister explained that the ruler will propose an “armed peace force” with military component, thought To resolve into enquisted conflicts and, above all, “stop barbarism” against the Palestinians.
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Petro’s government broke diplomatic relations with Israel last year in rejection of the military offensive in Gaza That, according to the authorities of the Strip, has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians since October 2023, mostly women, children and the elderly.
The president has been one of the main Latin American critics of that war and He has supported the demands against Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, for war crimes before the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The Chancellor of Colombia, Rosa Villavicencio.
Agenda in New York
Villavicencio said that the Colombian delegation in New York will also attend a “great meeting” of the United Nations Civilizations Alliance, On September 26, for “reaffirm these postulates that humanity needs to maintain world peace“
No meetings with representatives of the United States government are not plannedbut with Democratic congressmen and with the Democratic candidate for the Mayor’s Office of New York, Zohran Mamdani.
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The team will also participate in a tribute to former Uruguayan president Pepe Mujica, deceased in May, and in meetings of The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) To promote social and economic integration, and the defense of the Amazon, said the chancellor.
“That is also an opportunity to talk about the importance of the diversification of economies and to support each other in the economic space to reduce the dependencies that may exist with respect to large blocks“He stressed.
The UN
Celac-EU Summit
Colombia, specifically the city of Santa Marta, will be headquarters next November of the European Celac-Union Summit. According to Villavicencio, they have already confirmed their assistance “almost all” the heads of Latin American state, while their office is “in the process of confirming” Europeans.
The meeting, added the chancellor, seeks to define Joint work routes in energy transition, digital transformation, environment and fight against organized crime.
Asked about Petro’s recent questioning to this summit – after the European Parliament approved a resolution against political violence in Colombia, against which the president asked “What can Latin America and Europe talk about if they continue to insult us?“And he reproached that Europeans have not” order forgiveness “for the crimes of colonization – Villavicencio clarified that this issue will not be on the agenda.
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“I think it has already been an issue not overcome, but it is understood“The Foreign Minister said.
For her, this European resolution reflects an “alliance of the extreme right” that, he said, does politics “At the expense of lies, slander, and not wanting to understand the complexity of a country like Colombia“
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