Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio is Colombia’s acting Minister (Canciller) of Foreign Affairs, a career economist and former Deputy Foreign Minister who assumed the post on July 8–9, 2025; she leads Colombia’s foreign policy and represents Colombia internationally.
“President Petro” refers to Gustavo Petro, the President of Colombia (in office since 2022).
‘Commercial ties’ typically cover bilateral trade in goods and services, U.S.-Colombia investment and market access, trade agreements (including implementation of the U.S.–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement), and cooperation on commerce-related issues such as infrastructure, energy, and supply chains.
‘Regional security cooperation’ between the U.S. and Colombia generally includes intelligence-sharing, joint military and law-enforcement training and exercises, maritime and aerial interdiction operations, border security assistance, counterterrorism coordination, and support for peace and stability initiatives in the region.
Current U.S.–Colombia counternarcotics efforts include bilateral interdiction operations (including recent U.S. strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels), law-enforcement and military assistance, intelligence cooperation, capacity-building programs, and diplomatic sanctions/pressures where applied to disrupt drug trafficking networks.
No firm date or detailed venue has been publicly announced beyond that the leaders plan a February bilateral meeting; U.S. reporting indicates arrangements were being made for a White House meeting in Washington, D.C., but specific outcomes were described only generally (advancing commercial ties, regional security cooperation, and counternarcotics).