Colombia will reduce diplomatic ties with Israel, President Petro suggests

Colombia will reduce diplomatic ties with Israel, President Petro suggests


Colombian President Gustavo Petro talking through a press convention in Bogota, Colombia, on February 8, 2024, immediately after a meeting with the United Nations Protection Council.

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro mentioned on Wednesday he will break diplomatic relations with Israel around its actions in Gaza.

Petro has presently intensely criticized Israeli Key Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and asked for to join South Africa’s scenario accusing Israel of genocide at the Worldwide Court of Justice.

“Here in entrance of you, the government of modify, of the president of the republic announces that tomorrow we will break diplomatic relations with the state of Israel … for having a government, for getting a president who is genocidal,” Petro explained to cheering crowds in Bogota who marched to mark Worldwide Worker’s Day and back Petro’s social and economic reforms.

Nations around the world can not be passive in the face of events in Gaza, he included.

WEF president: Gaza crisis is at the 'core' of Middle East tensions

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz accused Petro of currently being “antisemitic and comprehensive of hate”. He said Petro’s transfer was a reward to the armed team Hamas, which on Oct. 7 led a fatal assault on Israeli navy bases and communities.

Bolivia broke with relations with Israel at the stop of Oct last 12 months although many other nations around the world in Latin The us, such as Colombia, Chile and Honduras, have recalled their ambassadors.



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