The President-elect of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, announced today in an address broadcast on social media that he will sever his country's diplomatic relations with Cuba and Nicaragua.

He also informed that, in addition to the diplomatic missions in the aforementioned countries, he will close 14 embassies and 15 consulates, including those in Algeria, the Czech Republic, Ghana, Hungary, Senegal, and South Africa—countries that, upon his taking power, will transition to concurrent representation schemes.

"From now on, a single ambassador will serve and carry out all these representations within the same country. I want to be very clear: these decisions do not mean breaking diplomatic relations with those countries, let alone with those multilateral organizations, except for Cuba and Nicaragua."

The far-right leader affirmed that he will suspend the opening of the embassy in Palestine and give the green light to reopen the consulate in Israel.