The president of Argentina, Javier Mileydescribed his Colombian counterpart as a “terrorist murderer”, Gustavo Petroin an interview with the channel CNN in Español. In response, the President of Colombia ordered the expulsion of the Argentine diplomats.
This was reported by the Foreign Ministry in a statement in which it said that “the Government of Colombia orders the expulsion of diplomats from the Argentine embassy in Colombia.”
mercy Not only did he attack Petro, he also described his partner as “ignorant.” Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The interview will be broadcast next Sunday, but the channel released some progress this Wednesday.
In that sense, the Colombian Foreign Ministry assured in its statement that “on behalf of the Government of Colombia, it repudiates statements made by Mr. Javier Mileypresident of Argentina (…) in which he expresses himself in a degrading manner against the first president of the Colombians, the respected Mr. Gustavo Petro«.
The statement also recalls that this is not the first time that Mr. mercy offends the Colombian president, “affecting the historical relations of brotherhood between Colombia y Argentina«recalls the Foreign Ministry.
He also points out that these expressions and other previous ones by the Argentine president “have deteriorated the confidence of our nation.”
The Foreign Ministry, on behalf of the Government of Colombia, repudiates statements made by Mr. Javier Milei, Pdte. of Argentina, in an interview with the CNN channel in which he expresses himself in a degrading manner against the First President of the Colombians, the respected Mr. @petrogustavo.
— Colombian Foreign Ministry (@CancilleriaCol) March 28, 2024
Gustavo Petro and Javier Milei have had a tense relationship
This is not the first encounter between mercy y Petrolocated at the ideological antipodes, but it is the furthest time this crisis has gone, since the expulsion of diplomatic personnel is a measure rarely used by the Colombian Government.
The most recent case in memory was the expulsion, in December 2020, of two diplomats from the Russian Embassy in Bogota accused of “activities incompatible” with their position for, supposedly, carrying out military intelligence tasks.
Last January 26, the Government of Colombia called its ambassador in Argentina, Camilo Romeroafter mercy said that Petro “is a murderous communist who is sinking” the country.
The Foreign Ministry detailed on that occasion in a statement that these statements, made in an interview with the journalist Patricia Janiot“they ignore and violate the deep ties of friendship, understanding and cooperation that have historically united Colombia y Argentina“and that is why he called, “immediately, for consultations with the ambassador Camilo Romero«.
A month later, on February 24, the Colombian Government once again expressed its “strong rejection” of what it described as “irresponsible statements” by mercy for a new offense Petrowhom he referred to as “a plague.”
On that occasion, the Colombian television channel NTN24 approached mercy leaving the annual convention of the American right held in National Harbor (Maryland), where he was supported by the former US president Donald Trump.
When asked by a journalist what he thinks of Petro, mercy He said: “That it is sinking Colombians, that is, it is a lethal plague for Colombians themselves.” EFE
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