The Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that it would resume "the activities of the consular section" and "the issuing of visas" for the United States on January 31.

The U.S. Embassy in Bogotá on Friday reestablished its consular services after a four-day suspension stemming from the clash between President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro . Hundreds of people arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia on Friday to complete their visa procedures when consular services resumed.

The Foreign Ministry announced the day before that it would resume "the activities of the consular section" and "the granting of visas" for the United States on January 31. "We highlight the mutual work to maintain diplomatic channels of dialogue between two States that are strategic partners in the hemisphere," it noted in a bulletin.

The United States and Colombia were the protagonists of a day of tension on Sunday, after Petro refused to allow US military flights to land with deportees and demanded that Trump meet "dignified" conditions such as not handcuffing the repatriated. The refusal triggered a brief diplomatic crisis with mutual tariff threats, and on the US side the suspension of visa issuance and other consular procedures. Hours later, the countries reached an agreement and during the week Petro sent aircraft to bring back the deportees.

Three of the first four flights were on Colombian Air Force planes sent to the United States to look for the deportees, who arrived in the country without handcuffs, while the fourth was on an American plane.