Colombian Foreign Ministry announces visa service standardization with the US

Colombia announced the standardization of the US visa service after a meeting in Washington among the Trump administration delegate for Latin America, Mauricio Claver-Carone, Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo, and Colombia's ambassador to the USA, Daniel García-Peña .

The visa service at the United States Embassy in Bogotá will normalize this week, Colombian authorities announced this Tuesday after a Washington meeting between important officials of the South American country and the special envoy for Latin America of the Trump government, Mauricio Claver-Carone.

The Colombian Foreign Ministry explained that the meeting participated in Colombia Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo, and the Colombian ambassador to the US, Daniel García-Peña.

The officials made a “monitoring of the advances achieved”, after The diplomatic crisis unleashed last Sunday Among the governments of Colombia and the United States, and “as part of the implementation of the agreements” it was reported that “this week the normalization of services in the United States Consulate in Bogotá is expected.”

The meeting was after The arrival of more than 200 deported migrants by the US in air force aircraft.

The Colombian Foreign Ministry also pointed out that “a road map was agreed to strengthen a wide joint work agenda, covering key issues of the bilateral relationship.”

On Sunday morning, the Colombian president denied the landing of two American flights with deported Colombians to guarantee a decent treatment.

The situation caused a rapid and hard response from the government of the US president, Donald Trump, through the imposition of tariffs and diplomatic sanctions to Colombia, which finally ended in the acceptance of Washington's deportation conditions.

“The Colombian government reiterates its commitment to dialogue for diplomatic channels as the essential route for the relationship with the United States,” said the Foreign Ministry.