Leyva, 79, participated in the peace negotiation in Cuba that in 2016 ended the participation of the FARC in the internal armed conflict that has left more than 260,000 dead and millions displaced, after participating in several attempts to demobilize .
“It will be a peace ministry,” Petro wrote on his Twitter account. “Colombia will contribute all its efforts to the world to overcome the climate crisis and we expect all the efforts from the world to overcome our endemic violence,” she added.
In addition, Leyva had peace talks with other rebel groups, such as the extinct M-19 guerrilla, to which Petro belonged in his youth.
Petro has stated his intention to change Colombia’s foreign policy relations in terms of the war on drugs and climate change, which would mark a radical change, mainly with the Andean country’s main ally, the United States.