BOGOTA: United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Jan 7) invited his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro to the White House, just days after threatening him with military action over alleged dru

United States President Donald Trump has invited Colombian leader Gustavo Petro to the White House, days after accusing him of trafficking cocaine and threatening military action against his government.The sudden detente on Wednesday followed an hour-long phone call between Trump and Petro, in which the two leaders discussed “the situation of drugs” and “other disagreements”, according to the US president. France24 Senior reporter James André tells us more from Bogota, Colombia.

BOGOTA, Jan 7 - U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro held a phone call on Wednesday afternoon where they discussed relations between the two countries, both men said, amid heightened tensions between Washington and Bogota. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Donald Trump has softened his stance toward Colombian President Gustavo Petro, saying on Wednesday that the two had a cordial phone conversation and that he had invited Petro to visit the White House, a marked shift from comments made just days earlier after the U.S. operation in Venezuela, when Trump claimed that “Colombia is very sick too” and accused Petro of producing cocaine and selling it to the United States. France24 Senior Reporter James André reports the latest from Bogota, Colombia.

Trump said “arrangements are being made” for a meeting in Washington with Petro. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Days after issuing threats of military action against Colombia, US President Donald Trump said he had invited Colombian President Gustavo Petro to the White House following what was described as a cordial phone conversation. Petro, who had strongly condemned the US operation targeting Nicolás Maduro, later appeared at a rally in Bogotá framed around defending national sovereignty in the face of Trump’s threats, where he said he had called for renewed dialogue between the two countries. Simon Moritz reports.

President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tone towards his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro. In a dramatic turn from high-tension threats to diplomacy, Trump announced they had exchanged a...