Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva on Wednesday applauded the U.S.’s pledge to continue supporting Colombia in the fight against narco-trafficking, reports CM&.
“We celebrate that President Obama considers the advances made [in Colombia] reversible, a few months ago it was thought that they wouldn’t support Colombia anymore, but now with this, it is shown that we are included in their strategy,” Silva said during a press conference, referring to an announcement made on Tuesday by the White House in regards to the U.S.’s 2010 drug control strategy.
On Tuesday, the Obama administration said that gains made in the war against drugs in Colombia were “entirely reversible without continued United States support,” and affirmed that for that reason that they would continue to aid the South American country, as part of the a five-year drug control strategy.
The plan is “part of a multi-year strategy” through which the U.S. will “transfer operational and funding responsibility for counter-narcotics and security programs to the Colombian government.”