President Ivan Duke expressed support for NATO to deal with the migration crisis in Ukraine

On the afternoon of Tuesday, March 15, President Ivan Duke spoke with Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and stated that he had repeated his refusal to attack Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

In this call, the President provided all humanitarian assistance to the minister. As long as thousands of Ukrainians arrive to flee the invasion these days, as well as share the experience of treatment of migration to countries such as Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

In front of the media, the president said, “We are supporting them on two issues. One is humanitarian development, which means providing resources for humanitarian assistance; second, the issue of migration management is also being followed, as we have already done with the presidents of Romania, Poland and Slovakia.” The President said.

It is estimated that about 1.7 million people in Venezuela live in Colombia, which is about 32% of all Venezuelan immigrants from Latin America. Based on this experience, the President explained that the government “can advise on issues such as border management.”

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According to UN data, since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of the military offensive on February 24, more than 3 million people have left Ukraine so far, the United Nations considers this exodus to be the earliest since World War II. President Iván Duque said: “We already have experience in border management, nutrition, meeting needs, as well as inclusion, so we are transmitting this knowledge through NATO, a place of best practice.

After US President Joe Biden announced on March 11 that Colombia would be designated as a strategic country with no alliance with NATO, the government stressed that the news was a great support for bilateral relations between the two countries.Duque stressed that “we will continue to work with them so that Colombia can provide these services at the moment.”

NATO Secretary-General stressed on his Twitter account that “I had a good discussion with President Iván Duque, a NATO partner; like-minded countries unite and condemn Russia's brutal aggression against Ukraine.”

Finally, President Duque reaffirmed: “Minister Stoltenberg and we have a very good relationship that Colombia is the only country in Latin America, which is a partner of this organization at the request of the United States.”

Colombia, which has the status of a major ally of the United States, considers many aspects from a defense and security perspective. This is because in this case we will have access to various benefits of the development of the US defense, such as priority access to security equipment and, in the end, the use of credits.Buying or renting protection and defense tools from the North American countries.

One of the advantages of this announcement, Defense Minister Diego Molano, is that Colombia will have greater access to loans for military equipment for the development of surplus military capabilities and operations held by the United States. “This means deepening research and technical activities on the capabilities of our Air Force and deepening Colombia's local capacity to support other countries in the region to fight drug trafficking and terrorism.” He said.

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