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President Iván Duque, speaking on Wednesday morning at the ProBogotá 2020 Conference, He spoke about how he hopes his government’s relations with the new US administration will be and what his relationship with President-elect Joe Biden is like.
Duque began by pointing out that “Colombia is a historic ally of the United States.” He added that the two nations have a relationship from country to country, from State to State, which has been strategic and that in the last 20 years it has had a very important element and that is that it has been bipartisan and bicameral.
Duque made an account of the Republican and Democratic administrations in recent years and explained how the relationship has strengthened with each of them.
And after this he referred specifically to what has been his relationship with the elected president of the Americans.
“I have also met President-elect Joe Biden in different circumstances. I have a friendly relationship with him and I have always seen from him a great interest in Colombia “, highlighted the national president.
“He was one of the architects in the Senate of Plan Colombia, he has accompanied our country in many decisions,” he said.
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“I remember when I made my first state visit to the United States, at the beginning of last year. I spoke with him by phone on two occasions, always very interested in Colombia,” said Duque.
After this he insisted that he is going to “to maintain that strategic bipartisan, bicameral relationship and always seeking to deepen the benefit of both countries.”
But the president also referred to the versions about the possible electoral participation of his government officials in the last United States campaign.
“Sometimes it surprises me when I see attacks on electoral participation. I have always had a pattern and that is that when one is in the exercise of these functions, one cannot take sides in electoral processes neither here nor there, neither here nor outside of Colombia, because the responsibility is marked by responding in a transparent way to the citizens, “he stressed.
And after this he reiterated: “I do believe that today what should interest all Colombians the most is that that bipartisan, bicameral and historical relationship remains firm and solid in the interest of Colombia, and I am sure that with President Biden it will be. “
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