Through your X account, the President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia will suspend, indefinitely, the export of coal to Israel until it stops war that exists in the Middle East.
“We are going to suspend the coal exports to Israel until the genocide stops“, advertisement.
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Precisely, andThe Ministry of Industry and Commerce already has the draft decree ready that will prohibit the export of this mineral. “HE prohibit exports to the State of Israel of Coal and Briquettes (Coal)classified by tariff subheading,” says the text.
Besides, The justification for the decision is made clear: “The Republic of Colombia considers that the military operations against the Palestinian people represent a transgression of a peremptory norm of international lawwhich in turn, is part of the Colombian constitutional block,” says the draft
Meanwhile, youIt also establishes the commercial management that will be given to the businesses already agreed upon.
“The goods that, before the entry into force of this decree, are covered by a Request for Shipping Authorization duly presented and accepted by the DIAN, or with a Goods Movement Form duly authorized by the user operator”, he adds.
Finally, The validity of the decree will be determined by compliance with what is ordered by the International Court of Justice, which has in its hands the lawsuit that South Africa made against Israel for the attacks in the Gaza Strip.
“This decree will come into effect after five (5) calendar days, counted from the day following the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. and will be in force until the orders of provisional measures issued by the International Court of Justice in the Process of the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip are fully complied with (South Africa v. Israel ),” he concludes.
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