The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, spoke this Sunday in favor of a multilateral meeting, in which the authorities of the United States, China, Mexico and Colombia would participate, and which he believes Ecuador, Chile and Australia should also join, whose objective would be to “analyze a treaty towards a Pacific without illegalities.”
The statement by the Colombian president arises regarding the military escalation that the Trump administration maintains in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, under the argument of combating drug trafficking.
“Threatening the Caribbean, Mexico and Colombia, in addition to being despotic, serves no purpose,” Petro expressed in X, while pointing out that the meeting proposal had already been made to General Aquilino, former commander of the US Pacific Command.
«Trafficking in fentanyl precursors, cocaine, contraband and weapons must be analyzed and treated jointly. The impositions here only serve the mafias. “I propose the same meeting again,” he said.
strong critic
It should be noted that Petro has been a strong critic of Donald Trump’s administration. On November 14, he described the US president as “barbarian” for ordering attacks against small boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific.
He also stated that Trump “wants to scare us” and that the US military deployment in the area is undoubtedly “an aggression against Latin America.”
On the other hand, Venezuela has received global support given the threats that have arisen in recent hours that the US Navy could move to Venezuelan territorial waters.
Russia and China have described the attacks on ships and threats as a provocation and without any basis for legality.
Likewise, the European Union reaffirmed at the IV Summit held in Santa Marta, Colombia, together with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, its commitment to international law and condemned the recent US military attacks in the Caribbean.
The Pentagon announced this week the military operation Lanza del Sur, under the argument of eliminating “narcoterrorists”, but which has been questioned, since it would be violating International Law.
