The US State Department said on Thursday that the United States called their ambassador to Bogota from the statements, which, according to him, were released by high levels in the Colombia government, which prompted the state in South America to call its ambassador to Washington.
The press secretary of the US Department of State Tami Bruce stated in her statement that the administration of President Donald Trump called John McKinar’s “D’Arg McKinar case for urgent and excessively allocated statements from the highest levels in the Colombian government.” “In addition to the call, the D’Arg business, the United States strive to take additional measures to clarify our deep care about the current situation of our bilateral relations,” she added.
The State Department of the United States did not indicate the comments that he objected, or other measures that Washington will accept. After Washington’s statement, Columbia President Gustavo Petro announced the call of his country’s ambassador in the United States Daniel Garcia Benna.
In a long post about X, Petro said that the ambassador would return to discuss a bilateral agenda between the two countries, pointing to priorities such as climatic cooperation, the efforts to combat drugs and immigration policy.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a reprimand for the Columbian government last month after the incident with shooting at Bogota at the Colombian Senator Miguel Urby, a possible candidate for presidents and a member of the opposition conservative democratic center.
Rubio said that the shooting of Urby was caused by “a violent left discourse emanating from the highest levels of the Colombian government.” Urby underwent serious operations from the moment of shooting, and this is in critical condition.
In January, Trump and Petro differed in relation to the refusal of Colombia to receive a military aircraft with deported migrants, prompting Trump to threaten customs duties and fines. But two countries were able to avoid a commercial war and overcome the dilemma.
Colombia is the third largest trading partner in the United States in South America, and the United States is the largest trading partner of Colombia.
