Chairman Risch Speaks with President Ivan Duque of Colombia

The following was published by the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Dec. 3, 2020. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement after speaking with Colombian President Iván Duque:

“Today, I was glad to speak with President Iván Duque of Colombia and reaffirm our longstanding, values-based relationship. We discussed our ongoing interest in helping the Venezuelan people reclaim their freedom, building upon our decades-long counternarcotics cooperation, and advancing economic prosperity through innovation, the rule of law, and the international norms that have allowed our free societies to prosper."

Source: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations