White House on Sunday informed that Colombia retreated and agreed to adopt repatriated citizens on military flights after President Donald Trump threatened with extensive sanctions. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
Colombia has agreed to “unlimited admission of all illegal foreigners from Colombia who will return from the United States, even on board US military aircraft, without restriction or delay. Today’s events have clearly shown the world that America has respect again, ”the statement said White House.
“President Trump will continue to protect the sovereignty of our nation and expects all other nations of the world to fully cooperate in receiving deportations of their citizens who stay illegal in the United States,” the statement ends.
Bogota said on Sunday that she “overcome the stalemate” with Washington in a dispute over the reception of migrants deported from the United States. “We will continue to receive Colombians who will return as deported persons,” Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo he said at a press conference.
On Sunday, Colombia refused to accept two US military aircraft coming from California with a total of approximately 160 Colombian migrants on board. US President Donald In response, Trump ordered extensive duties and sanctions, to which Bogota responded by imposed a 25 % CLA on US goods.
