A note of protest and the application to the Ambassador of Colombia in Nicaragua, Alfredo Rangelfor him to return to the country “immediately” ordered the National Government in the last hours.
“In view of statements by Daniel Ortega of NicaraguaAgainst the Colombian State and the country, we order Amb. Alfredo Rangel to present a note of protest strongly rejecting this new offense against the honor of our Nation and we ask him to return to the country immediately,” the Colombian Foreign Ministry said.
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Some days ago, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortegadescribed Colombia as a “narco-state”, an expression that he had already used in December of last year.
Given this, the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a communication in which it stated that “the Colombian people are not only victims of drug trafficking, which grows incessantly due to the international demand for drugs, but they have also suffered from the different threats to national security, fueled above all by the money coming from that illicit activity, which unfortunately is supported by the dictatorships that have been enthroned in our region”.
In response to declarations by Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, against the Colombian State and the country, we order Amb. Alfredo Rangel to present a note of protest forcefully rejecting this new offense against the honor of our Nation and we ask him to return to the country immediately.
– Colombian Foreign Ministry (@CancilleriaCol) February 23, 2022
Further, ordered Ambassador Rangel present the note of protest and asked him to return “immediately” to Colombia, a decision that is also a sign of protest in international relations.
The relationship between Colombia and Nicaragua It has gone through moments of tension, especially in recent years as a result of the border disputes between the two countries, which are being settled in international courts.
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