Columbia is increasingly looking beyond the United States for trade and development, adopting a global perspective that is more fitting for the current age, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro in Beijing.

Petro, in the Chinese capital for the the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum in the Chinese capital, delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony on Wednesday. In an interview with China Media Group the following day, he emphasized the need for Columbia to break free from the geopolitical dominance of the U.S.