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A consular affairs official and the person in charge of cultural affairs at the Colombian embassy in Russia were the two members of the mission in Moscow who left that country in the last hours.
This is how EL TIEMPO established it in official sources, which confirmed that it is Leonardo González and Ana María Pinilla, who would be arriving in Colombia in the next few hours.
The Russian spies were expelled from Colombia on December 8. But the case was only revealed until this week.
On December 22, the Colombian ambassador to Russia, Alfonso López Caballero, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of that country, which informed him that, “based on the principle of reciprocity,” he declared two people as ‘personas non grata’. ” employees “of the Colombian diplomatic mission in Moscow.
The incident occurred after on December 8, Colombia requested the withdrawal of diplomats Alexander Paristov and Alexander Belousov from the Russian embassy in Colombia, who would be developing in the country “activities incompatible with the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Relations Diplomatic, “according to the Foreign Ministry.
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Russia also expressed to López its “protest in relation to the unfounded decision of the Colombian side to expel two diplomats from the Russian Embassy in Bogotá.” And he ruled that this action “does not correspond to the spirit of the traditionally friendly and mutually respectful relations between Russia and Colombia.”
In this way, Leonardo González, second secretary in charge of consular functions, and Ana María Pinilla, second secretary, in charge of cultural affairs and attention to students, both diplomatic career officials, had to schedule their trip in a matter of hours and left from the European country on Wednesday via Istanbul (Turkish Airlines) to Bogotá.
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Leonardo González worked for nine months in the revolving fund of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 2014. A year later he held the position of second Secretary of Foreign Affairs and was close to completing his first year in Russia.
The diplomat is a lawyer and has specializations in administrative law and commercial law.
Previously, he worked at Manuelita, Raffo Palau Abogados and Deloitte.
Alfonso López Caballero Vladimir Putin.
Ana María Pinilla was also close to her first year in Russia and had just been promoted. Since 2013 he has been working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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He is a professional in International Relations and began a master’s degree in Analysis of Political, Economic and International Problems.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Iván Duque, President of Colombia.
Michail Klimentyev and Mauricio Dueñas / EFE
EL TIEMPO learned that while the replacements arrive, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs entrusted Nancy Torres, an administrative official, who studied in Russia, speaks the language and has been working at the consulate for 25 years.
LUISA MERCADO
POLITICAL WRITING
Twitter: @PoliticaET
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