Colombia Withdraws Statement 'Sympathising' With Pakistan As India Expresses Disappointment

In a major achievement to India's global outreach to expose Pakistan on cross-border terrorism, Colombia has withdrawn its earlier statement on the Operation Sindoor. It had earlier sympathised with Pakistan over the loss of lives.

Colombia Withdraws Statement Supporting Pakistan

After meeting India's all-party delegation, Colombia's Vice Foreign Minister, Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, said, "...We are very confident that with the explanation that we received today and the detailed information that we now have regarding the real situation, the conflict, and what happened in Kashmir, we can also continue the dialogue..."

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is leading the all-party delegation to the Americas during his Bogota visit, said that the MPs met with the Foreign Ministry and they had some good news."They have withdrawn their statement that disappointed us earlier and will issue a statement of strong support for our position and understanding of our position. Finally, here we are before this beautiful bust of Mahatma Gandhi on the campus of the main university..." ANI quoted the Thiruvananthapuram MP in a tweet.

He explained, "The Vice Minister very graciously mentioned that they have withdrawn the statement that we had expressed concern about and that they fully understand our position on the matter, which is something we really value," says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Colombia withdrawing its earlier statement.

It comes after Tharoor had expressed disappointment over the South American country's stand during a press conference on Thursday for expressing condolences over the loss of lives in Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, rather than sympathising with the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack.

"We were a little disappointed in the reaction of the Colombian government, which apparently expressed heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives in Pakistan after the Indian strikes, rather than sympathising with the victims of terrorism," the Kerala MP had said.

"We will say to our friends in Colombia, there can be no equivalence between those who dispatch terrorists and those who resist them. There can be no equivalence between those who attack and those who defend. We are only exercising our right of self-defence, and if there is any misunderstanding here, on this core, we are here to dispel any such misunderstanding", he continued.

Indian Delegation To The US

Tharoor is leading the multi-party delegation to the Americas.

After visiting Panama and Guyana, the Indian delegation arrived in Colombia on Thursday in an effort of India's global outreach to convey India's zero tolerance against terrorism. After concluding the Colombia visit, the all party delegation on Saturday will be heading to Brazil and the United States.