After the heated exchange between presidents Javier Milei and Gustavo Petro, which led to strong diplomatic consequences, the foreign ministries of Colombia and Argentina held talks to strengthen relations between both countries and sought to overcome differences.
After that, it was learned that the chancellor Diana Mondino will visit Colombia soon and that the Colombian Government annulled the measures it had taken in response to Javier Milei’s statements: it gave instructions so that the ambassador Camilo Romero return to Buenos Aires, while giving approval to the new ambassador proposed by the Argentine Government in Bogotá. “The respective governments have given concrete steps to overcome any differences and strengthen this relationship,” they expressed in a joint statement.
“The Colombian and Argentine diasporas that reside in both countries: students, workers, businessmen and families, have built this relationship and are its main support. “Both governments will continue working for the well-being of these populations,” expressed the respective foreign ministries.
And they concluded: “A few days before the 201st anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, the Argentine Republic and the Republic of Colombia ratify the importance of maintaining good relations and maintain their desire to strengthen the ties that unite both countries.”
The verbal – or virtual – exchanges between the Argentine and Colombian presidents had been escalating for months. and they reached their peak last Wednesday, when the Colombian government expelled the Argentine diplomats after Milei’s renewed and sharp definitions about his counterpart.
In an interview with CNN, Milei called Petro a “terrorist and communist murderer.” “The expressions of the Argentine president They have damaged the confidence of our nation, In addition to offending the dignity of President Petro, who was democratically elected,” was the reaction of the Colombian Foreign Ministry, which announced the expulsion of the diplomats from the Argentine embassy in Colombia.
The accusations of “murderous communist” about the president of Colombia had already been launched in another interview, this time with the journalist Patricia Janiot, in January, and generated the call for consultations from the ambassador in Buenos Aires, Camilo Romerowho since then has not returned to the Colombian embassy in Buenos Aires territory.
At that time, the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alvaro Leyva, expressed “his most energetic protest against the disrespectful and irresponsible statements” by Milei, while Romero was more forceful in X: “Milei is a hypocrite. While today he asks our government for approval for his new ambassador in Colombia, he calls the president a murderer.”