BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s foreign minister has “renounced” her U.S. visa to protest a decision by the U.S. State department to revoke the visa of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the Colombian government said on Monday.

The decision by Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio comes as tensions between both nations escalate over issues that include drug policy, the war in Gaza and a U.S. naval build up in neighboring Venezuela.

While Colombia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry did not respond to questions about what kind of visa Villavicencio was a holder of, it said in a statement that it was not interested in “diplomatic visas that limit opinions” or curtail the nation’s “sovereignty.”

The U.S. State Department revoked President Petro’s visa on Friday after he participated in a New York

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