Colombia\u2019s incoming government will withdraw the country\u2019s intervention in South Africa\u2019s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, the office of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella announced Friday.<\/p>\n
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The decision follows a meeting in Washington between Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar and Colombia\u2019s incoming foreign minister, Omar Bula Escobar, during which the two sides agreed on a roadmap for the full and immediate restoration of diplomatic and economic relations beginning August 7, when the new Colombian government takes office.<\/p>\n
The agreement includes an immediate exchange of ambassadors, the mutual removal of visa requirements and steps toward opening a Colombian embassy in Jerusalem, according to the statement.<\/p>\n
The incoming government also pledged to change Colombia\u2019s positions in international forums, including at the United Nations, and said it would withdraw the declaration of intervention Bogot\u00e1 filed in South Africa\u2019s proceedings against Israel at the ICJ.<\/p>\n
Colombia submitted the declaration in April 2024 under President Gustavo Petro, seeking to intervene in South Africa\u2019s case accusing Israel of violating the Genocide Convention during the war in Gaza. Israel has rejected the allegations as false and has accused South Africa of distorting the convention.<\/p>\n
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Petro subsequently severed diplomatic relations with Israel in May 2024, citing Israel\u2019s conduct in Gaza and repeatedly accusing the country of genocide.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe historic relationship that the Petro government unilaterally severed will be strengthened once again,\u201d the president-elect\u2019s office said, adding that Colombia would seek to reestablish itself as a reliable international partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colombia\u2019s incoming government will withdraw the country\u2019s intervention in South Africa\u2019s case against Israel at the International Court…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-545765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}