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Donald Trump announced that he would receive his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, at the White House “in the near future”after a telephone call between the two leaders following repeated threats of American strikes in Colombia.

The Colombian president called for “explain the drug situation and other disagreements”wrote Donald Trump on his platform, Truth Social, emphasizing that he had “appreciated his tone”. The American president added that he had ” haste “ to meet him.

Gustavo Petro strongly criticizes the Trump government’s military action in the region and accuses the United States of having kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, “without legal basis”. Donald Trump replied that he should “watch your butt”and had described, on Sunday, Mr. Petro as“sick man” Who “likes to produce cocaine”.

The Colombian head of state called for demonstrations throughout Colombia on Wednesday, defying Donald Trump’s threat. He told a rally of his supporters that he planned to attend the meeting at the White House, the date of which was not specified.

In front of the crowd gathered in Bolivar Square in Bogota, Mr. Petro assured that he was thinking of giving a speech “quite hard”but that he changed it after his telephone discussion with Donald Trump, which lasted at least an hour. The left-wing leader said he had asked his American counterpart that “direct communications between chancelleries and presidents” of both countries are restored.

“If there is no dialogue, it’s war”launched Gustavo Petro amid ovations. “They managed to convince Trump that I was the king of cocaine manufacturing. (…) Trump is not stupid”he added.

Colombia and the United States are key military and economic allies in the region, but their relations have become strained in recent months. The American president notably described his counterpart as “drug lord” and of “thug”. The left-wing elected official responded by announcing that he wanted to file a complaint for defamation before the American courts.

Gustavo Petro also said, in his speech, that he spoke two days ago with the interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, that he invited her to Colombia and offered her a dialogue “worldwide” pour « stabiliser » the Venezuelan.