Feb. 3 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on thwarting drug trafficking and discussed sanctions during a late-morning meeting.

"He and I weren't exactly the best of friends, but I wasn't insulted because I never met him. I didn't know at all," Trump afterward told The Hill.

They agreed to cooperate on counteracting illicit drug trafficking and discussed U.S. sanctions imposed on Petro and his family in October, Trump said.

He said the two "got along very well," while Petro called the tone of their meeting "optimistic and constructive," the BBC reported.

Related