UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States accused Colombia’s president on Friday of undermining progress to lasting peace and urged its government to make combating violence and drug trafficking by “narco-terrorist groups” a priority.

U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz told a U.N. Security Council meeting that President Gustavo Petro’s policies in Colombia and around the world “are frankly irresponsible failures” that have led the country to greater instability and violence.

Relations between the United States and Colombia reached a new low last week after Petro, a leftist, participated in a pro-Palestinian protest during the annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. The U.S. State Department revoked Petro’s visa after the protest.

Petro has angered senior U.S. officials by

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