By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia announced her resignation on Thursday, amid a row engulfing President Gustavo Petro’s government over the printing of national passports. Sarabia had expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s decision to alter a previous passport printing agreement. “In the last few days, decisions have been made that […]
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Colombian foreign minister resigns amid passport printing row
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By Luis Jaime Acosta
BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia announced her resignation on Thursday, amid a row engulfing President Gustavo Petro’s government over the printing of national passports.
Sarabia had expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s decision to alter a previous passport printing agreement.
“In the last few days, decisions have been made that I do not agree with,” Sarabia wrote in a post on X, adding that she had decided to resign out of “personal integrity and institutional respect.”
Sarabia, who had previously served as Petro’s chief of staff, was named the South American country’s top diplomat by the leftist president in January.
“I wish Laura Sarabia the best of luck,” Petro said in a post on X, in which he called her a vital member of his campaign, praising her firmness and discipline.
(Reporting by Luis Jaime Acosta; Writing by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Sarah Morland; Editing by Gabriel Araujo)