Colombia to open embassy in Palestine: President Gustavo Petro

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced that his country will open an embassy in Palestine’s central city of Ramallah, Anadolu Agency reports.

He issued the statement after meeting Israel’s Ambassador to Colombia, Gali Dagan, and Palestinian Ambassador Raouf Al-Maliki.

“I have expressed my position to achieve an international peace conference that opens the way for two independent and free states. I reiterated my solidarity with Israeli and Palestinian children, who must and have the right to live in peace,” Petro said on X following the meeting.

“We will send a plane with humanitarian aid to the outskirts of Gaza waiting for a humanitarian corridor to open. Colombia will open its embassy in Ramallah, Palestine,” he added.

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