President of Colombia Gustavo Petrotoday invited several countries from Latin America take part in a meeting dedicated to the crisis experienced in A loopfor the region to develop a common position regarding the war in the Middle East.

This is a proposal that takes place within the framework of the VIII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. (Selak) According to the Colombian Foreign Ministry, the holiday, which is celebrated in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, has already been well received in a dozen countries.

ABOUT, Mexico, Brazil, ChileHonduras, Saint Vincent, VenezuelaGuyana, Bahamas, Bolivia, Chile and Barbados have expressed interest in joining this dialogue to explore a common position so that Latin America has more international resonance to stop the conflict in the Middle East, Colombian diplomats assured.

Many of these countries, especially Brazil, with Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in the vanguard, share the same position as Petro regarding the Israeli offensive in Gaza and described “genocide” what is happening in the Gaza Strip, where, according to Palestinian sources, more 30,000 people diedmostly civilians.

During the opening of the Selak summit this Friday, Peter delved deeper into the crisis and accused the US, European Union And Great Britain support Israel dropping bombs on the Palestinian population.

You might be interested > CELAC Summit Begins, Latin American Left Leaders Meet

“What we see today is not the old dynamics of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,” but rather there are forces that are trying to “preserve what exists (…) that is killing us as humanity” and that “deeply cruel”said the Colombian head of state.

“That’s why Germany supports genocideAnd Franceand the European Union, and Great Britain. And above all USA North America, in its democratic version, supports dropping bombs on people,” he said during the colloquium “Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace,” which takes place as part of the VIII Selaka Summit, which is taking place in Kingstown. .

For Petro, peace in Latin America and the Caribbean also means political, economic and military autonomy.

“It would be naive to think that we will become a zone of peace if, for commercial reasons, we align ourselves with large blocs of military powers in conflict in the world.”

The call for regional dialogue is especially necessary “because otherwise what happened in Europe last year will be more than repeated.” 1939-1945“Petro warned about World War II.

EFE