The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, asked the United States government on Friday that it is not entrusted into the country’s internal policy, after the accusations of his representative before the UN Security Council, Mike Waltz, that the Colombian government “He undermines progress to achieve sustained peace“
“The Security Council does not protect our peace policy. This is sovereign (…) I respectfully request the US government not to endowed Colombia’s internal policy“Petro wrote in X.
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The president’s publication comes after Waltz questioned Petro’s management during a UN Security Council meeting in New York on the quarterly report of the verification mission of the agreement signed in 2016 with the FARC guerrillas, in a context of high diplomatic high voltage between Bogotá and Washington for the revocation of the Petro visa.
“Unfortunately, the current Government of Colombia continues polarization and undermines progress to achieve sustained peace (…) Petro’s policies in security and peace, both in Colombia and in the world, are frankly irresponsible“Waltz said.
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Petro clarified that, according to the “Unilateral declaration of Colombia“The Security Council”guardianship only the peace process with the FARC“That, he said, his administration is fulfilling.”The wrong position of the USA.(what) seeks is the change of our position on Gaza’s genocide, (y) is not accepted by our government“The leftist president added.
This is not the first time that Petro asks the United States to stay out of Colombian internal affairs. In July he made a similar call after the Secretary of StateMarco Rubio, will criticize the sentence in the first instance for bribes to former president Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010).
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The relationship with the US, the main commercial partner of Colombiahas been several shocks since January, when Donald Trump returned to the White House and Petro denied the entry of two aircraft with deportees from USA. Alleging that they did not receive a “worthy” treatment.
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The tension intensified last week with the decision of the State Department to withdraw the visa, after Petro participated in New York in a proportive demonstration and He will urge American soldiers to disobey orders to stop what he described as “genocide” of Israel in Gaza. “What happens in Gaza is a genocide and those who commit it must be judged as the Nazis genocides in Nuremberg were judged“Petro concluded in his publication today.
EFE
