Purge follows Bogota’s pivot to China and President Petro’s open tensions with Donald Trump over immigration, Gaza
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has ordered the removal of diplomats from his country’s embassy in Beijing, accusing them of sabotaging relations with China as Bogota pivots sharply away from Washington.
“There is a foreign ministry [here] that feels ashamed of engaging with China and sabotages relations. All those people have to go,” Petro told ministers on Tuesday.
He said diplomats in Beijing had altered his schedule and cancelled meetings without authorisation when he visited the country in the spring. “That is not relating to humanity. That is colonialism,” he added.
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