Hawzah News Agency- Speaking outside the UN headquarters on Friday, Petro called for a global armed force with the priority to liberate Palestinians.
"This force has to be bigger than that of the United States'', he said.
"That's why from here, from New York, I ask all the soldiers of the army of the United States not to point their guns at people. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity'', Petro said.
Petro, Colombia's first leftist president and a vocal opponent of Israel's war in Gaza, has said he has Italian citizenship and would not need a visa to enter the United States.
In his speech to the UN General Assembly, Petro fiercely rebuked the Trump administration, saying that the US president is "complicit in genocide" in Gaza.
The Trump administration has been cracking down on pro-Palestine voices while countries including France, Britain, Australia and Canada have recognized a Palestinian state.
Source: MIDDLE EAST EYE
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