Colombian authorities expressed this Thursday their deep rejection of the position of the President of ArgentinaJavier Miley, who was accused of behavior “city bully” after he called Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday, “terrorist and murderer”which led to a diplomatic crisis between both South American countries.

“The vulgar attitude of a village bully may be profitable in low-level election debates, but it should never be the behavior of a head of state,” Colombian Interior Minister Luis Fernando Velasco said in a profile. representative of the social network X, formerly Twitter.

Velasco added that Colombia respects the Argentine people but he emphasized that Bogota would not accept the treatment offered by its president. “Mr. Javier Miley, you were wrong on a serious matter and you owe it to the Colombian people to apologize and give an explanation to your people,” he said.

The tawdry attitude of a village bully may be beneficial in low-level election debates, but it should never be the behavior of a head of state. In Colombia we respect the Argentine people, but we do not accept the treatment their president gives our president…

— Luis Fernando Velasco Chavez 🚩 (@velascoluisf) March 28, 2024

The Colombian government ordered on Wednesday evening expulsion of diplomats from the Argentine embassy in retaliation for President Miley’s insults to his Colombian counterpart in statements that Bogotá claimed “deny” for making “derogatory remarks about the Colombian leader.”

This came after the Argentine President said that “you can’t expect much from someone who was terrorist killer”, in relation to Peterduring an interview in which he also took the opportunity criticize the president of MexicoAndres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

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Colombia’s Foreign Ministry had already summoned its ambassador to Argentina, Camilo Romero, for consultations in late January after Miley said during an interview that his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro was “communist killer It’s Columbia that’s sinking.”

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