Overview
- Trump said Petro requested the call to discuss narcotrafficking and other disagreements, and he announced the meeting will take place at the White House.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio were tasked to coordinate the arrangements.
- Colombia’s Embassy in Washington welcomed the constructive tone and confirmed both sides are advancing preparations for an in‑person exchange.
- Petro led nationwide marches for sovereignty in Bogotá and other cities and said he softened a planned tougher speech after the roughly hour‑long call.
- The rapprochement follows weeks in which Trump accused Petro of ties to narcotrafficking and hinted at action following the U.S. operation in Venezuela, with substantive policy differences still unresolved; Petro also proposed a U.S.–Colombia–Venezuela dialogue after speaking with Delcy Rodríguez.