Colombia moving to open embassy in Ramallah

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has ordered the opening of an embassy in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the South American country’s foreign minister.

"President Petro has given the order that we open the Colombian embassy in Ramallah, the representation of Colombia in Ramallah, that is the next step we are going to take,” foreign minister Luis Gilberto Murillo said on Wednesday.

Petro said earlier this month that Colombia would cut ties with Israel and has asked to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice.