The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, sympathized this Sunday with his pair of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, and considered that the decision of the United States government to revoke his visa is a measure to “intimidate” those who defend Palestine.
“We manifest our solidarity with the brother president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro before the revocation of his visa by the US government,” Arce wrote in the social network X. He also expressed his conviction to “This measure of political pressure that seeks to intimidate who states the defense of the Palestinian peopledenounces genocide and defends the principles of international law, human rights and self -determination of peoples“
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“We reaffirm that we are a land of peace and reject any threat or use of external force in the region. We will always defend the principles of non -interference and self -determination in accordance with the UN Charter“The Bolivian ruler added, which is of a leftist trend.
The department of US State “to disobey orders and incite violence“, during a pro-palestinian demonstration in New York, after participating throughout the week in various activities of the UN General Assembly.
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Petro responded on Saturday that the revocation of his visa violates international law and norms of diplomatic immunityso he considered that the UN headquarters cannot continue in New York, a position seconded by the Colombian Foreign Ministry in a statement.
The Colombian Foreign Ministry indicated that the UN Headquarters “It is a scenario that gives the right to representatives of member countries“To have an official visa, in this case of the US,”As a condition ‘sine qua non’ leading to participate“In events framed in the high -level week of the general assembly of the agency.
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“Consequently, deny or revoke a visa – as diplomatic weapon – attentive to the spirit of the 1945 letter of an ‘in situ’ participation with promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression without border consideration“The statement said.
The Colombian government stressed that “Otherwise, the search for a completely neutral headquarters that allows, regardless of its bilateral relations and political positions and ideologies would be essential“That it is the UN that issues” an authorization to enter the territory of that new state-shed. ”
EFE
