The Colombian president, Gustavo Petroput Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the situation between Israel and Palestine on the same level, while calling for two international peace conferences to find a solution to both conflicts, on Friday night during the G-77+China Summit In the Habana.
“What is the difference between the war between Russia and Ukraine and that between Israel and Palestine? And why this double standard to assume a great front of human unity in the war of Russia and Ukraine against Russia, and not take sides and sabotage the possibility of a great human front in Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory, if it is the same thing?” said Petro.
“I would ask the G-77 and China to also address this issue of war to overcome it. Not because we have to take sides between Russia or Ukraine, but we should compare two situations explicitly in today’s global debate“insisted Petro, who throughout his entire political career has been a defender of the Palestinian cause.
In his years as mayor of Bogotá, Petro twinned the Colombian capital with Ramallah, the Palestinian administrative capital.
This week, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Riad Malki, visited Bogotá and signed four bilateral cooperation agreements.