Petro tells Netanyahu he is already managing the release of a Colombian hostage and calls for a ceasefire

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Pedroasked the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin NetanyahuThe “immediate cessation of hostilities” in Link when responding to the letter asking him to intercede for the release of the hostages Hamas and assured that he is already managing the return of a kidnapped Colombian.

“As president of the Colombians, I allow myself to inform you that, to facilitate your release, on November 21st I took the decision to grant Colombian nationality to Mr. Elkana Bohbotby virtue of its link with the Colombian citizen Geraldyn González de Bohbot”, Petro expressed.

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The president, very critical of the Israeli position and firmly supportive of the Palestinian cause, thus responded to the request that Netanyahu made to him on January 11, to intercede for the release of more than 100 hostages taken by Hamas after the attacks of October 7th.

“As a country that has citizens among the 136 hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Link, Colombia has a common cause with Israel fight for the immediate and unconditional release of those detained in terrible circumstances since October 7th,” Netanyahu told him in the letter.

Now, in the response letter, dated January 29, but known today, Petro tells Netanyahu that he has worked his entire life for peace and states that he is already taking steps so that one of the kidnapped men, married to a Colombian, can be reunited. with your family.

In this way, the Colombian Government carries out “procedures at the highest level in order to enable a successful return home”by Bohbot, although Petro assured that this is an individual case.

By him, “With the clear objective of leading us to a consensus that brings peace to each of the families and peoples who are mercilessly suffering this scourge, I consider it a priority to move quickly towards an immediate cessation of hostilities and begin talks for the release of all hostages. .“, added the president.

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Petro proposed to Netanyahu “a peace commission“with several countries”guarantee these releases and achieve the greater objective of ending the violence unleashed between Israel and Palestine”.

And in this sense it is made available to achieve this objective.

“Not shedding blood means talking, looking for common paths, over and over again, until the people fall to their knees (…) In the midst of this senseless and depraved violence that ravages our countries, the only possible path must be to reach a peace agreement“Petro added.

Source: Elcomercio

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