Petro was already on his way to the Bogot of New York on Friday night, according to the Colombian media called the AFP. On their social networks, Petro shared a video in which he addresses the gathered in the Spanish via megaphone.
He addressed the group of propellest demonstrators in front of the UN headquarters in Manhattan, Petro called on the gathering of global armed forces with the aim of releasing Palestinians. “That force must be greater than that they have the United States,” he added.
“So from here, from New York, I invite all American army soldiers not to point weapons to the people. Don’t listen to Donald Trump’s commands. Listen to the command of humanity,” Petro said.
The State Department has condemned the actions of the Colombian President.
“Colombian President @petrogustavo stood on the streets of New York and invited American soldiers to do not listen to orders, and we will recall his visa because of his irresponsible and flammable statements by the X. State of the X.
Colombian Interior Minister Armando Benedetti was written on Friday evening X wrote that the visa was supposed to be revoked by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not Petra. “But since the Empire protects him, they are looking for him in the only president who had the courage to tell him the truth in his face,” Benedetti added.
Petro, whose country is the world’s largest cocaine manufacturer, he said that he was among the deaths in American attacks on the ships in the Caribbean Sea were also Colombians. Washington claims that these attacks are part of the American operation against smugglers of drugs along the coast of Venezuela, and the president of that country is now accused of running a Narco-cartel.
Under the guidance of Peter, the first left-wing leader in Colombia history, the relations with the Donald Trump administration have deteriorated significantly. The United States has also denied visas to the Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and another 80 Palestinian officials, which has been prevented by the physical presence at the UN General Assembly in New York this week.
(Vijesti.ba / Hina)
