The United States on Friday accused the President of Columbia of reducing progress for permanent peace and urged its government to combat violence and drug trafficking by “narco-native groups”.
US Ambassador Mike Waltz said in a United Nations Security Council meeting that President Gustavo Petro policies Columbia And worldwide “there are clearly irresponsible failures” that has inspired the country to more instability and violence.
The relationship between the United States and Colombia decreased a new new after Petro, a leftist, a Palestinian protest against the World leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. The US State Department canceled Petro’s visa after protest.
Petro has angered senior American officials by rejecting American extradition requests and has also criticized at the same time. Tusrap Efforts to compete with the immigration crack of administration and smuggling of drugs in neighboring Venezuela,
The Trump administration announced its fourth fatal strike in the security council meeting Caribbean On boats, it says that he was smuggling drugs. Petro accused the US of “killing” and said no “Narco-Attinist” on the boats, “Poor Caribbean youth.”
Waltz strongly disagreed.
The US ambassador said, “In recent months, Colombia has been attacked by attacks by Narco-Attankadi groups on Colombia-Attankadi groups and citizens.” “Violence and drug trafficking by these weapons groups, if left uncontrolled, can protect the colombians, safety of all in the region, and of course the security of Americans can spread and endangered.”
Waltz said that the United States urged the Government of Columbia to give priority to address the threat, stating that the administration is deeply concerned about the possibility of peace talks that may give impurity to these groups.
The Security Council is monitoring the 2016 peace agreement between the revolutionary armed forces of Colombia or the FARC among the security council government. The agreement ended over 50 years of war, killing more than 220,000 people and displaced about 6 million people.
Waltz warned the council that the Trump administration, which has veto-power on renewing the mandate of the United Nations political mission, is investigating whether it is the property of continuous support.
“Unfortunately, over time, the mandate of the mission has widespread to reflect high political priorities, including to support international justice and minority ethnic groups,” Waltz said.
Columbia’s United Nations Ambassador Leonor Zalabata Torres made a strong appeal to the Security Council to renew the mandate, which is ending on 31 October.
Describing herself as an indigenous woman, Zalabata Torres said that Petro government is committed to the 2016 peace agreement, especially chapters that recognize indigenous people and those. African “Dynasty descendants as fundamental pillars for the creation of a complete stable and permanent peace.
He said that true harmony will come only when the cultural and ethnic diversity of Colombia will be recognized and justice.
Miroslav Jenka, assistant general secretary of the United Nations, who visited Columbia in September, told the council on Friday that consolidating peace after decades of struggle “is a complex function” and the country is entering a “delicate period”.
He pointed to the President and legislative elections in May 2026, which he said that tension is increasing. Petro is stopped from running for a second term. Jenča has recently been appointed as the head of the United Nations Mission in Bogota, a position that he will take later this month.