The Special Assets Society (SAE) of Colombia, a public entity attached to the Ministry of Finance, reported this Tuesday that it is evaluating the viability of the proposal of the president, Gustavo Petroto send gold seized from drug traffickers to Gaza for reconstruction.
The SAE said in a statement that “carries out the technical and regulatory analysis necessary to establish the mechanisms that allow, within the current legal framework, compliance with the presidential guidance“. The Colombian president, one of the global leaders most critical of Israel’s war in Gazamade the proposal on Monday on his X social network account, in the context of the exchange of hostages between Israel and Hamas for the first phase of the peace plan for Gaza.
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“The SAE will immediately send seized gold to drug traffickers for medical care of injured boys and girls“, wrote Petro in X, where he also reiterated his intention to present a resolution to the United Nations for “build a world army for the reconstruction of Gaza“. Petro made a call at the end of September before the United Nations General Assembly to “unite armies and weapons” to “liberate Palestine”, forming an “army of the salvation of the world“.
President Gustavo Petro
Juan Cano – Presidency
At the beginning of October, after learning of Israel’s arrest of the activists who were part of the Sumud Global Flotilla, which was heading with food and medicine to the Gaza Strip, Petro ordered the departure of the entire diplomatic delegation of the Israeli State in Colombia and denounced the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)that is, he declared his desire to leave the agreement to render it void.
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The Colombian president, a staunch defender of the Palestinian cause, It had already broken relations with Israel on May 1, 2024 due to that country’s offensive in Gaza and after the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023.. Petro also banned the sale of coal to Israel last year, although in recent months it has assured that ships with the mineral continue to leave for the nation in the Middle East, which it considers a “challenge” to its Government.
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