Donald Trump will receive Ivan Duque at the White House on February 13

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, will receive his Colombian counterpart Iván Duque at the White House on Wednesday 13 February. to discuss security issues and the situation in Venezuela, reported Wednesday an official US source.

"The leaders hope to discuss their commitment to growth policies, counter-terrorism and illicit narcotics networks, strategic alliances in regional security and efforts to restore democracy in Venezuela, "said the press office of the White House in a statement.

The text highlighted the "strong partnership" between the United States and Colombia "in the search for a more prosperous, secure and democratic western hemisphere".

Duke, meanwhile, has congratulated himself on Twitter "work meeting" that he will keep next week with Trump.

"We want to strengthen our bilateral relations with the United States and to deal also with the joint program to consolidate democracy in the hemisphere, "he wrote.

The United States and Colombia encourage the exit of Nicolás Maduro's power in Venezuela, which they consider the mandate "illegitimate" and that they impute to the acute economic crisis that crosses the old oil power, has forced the country to leave at least 2.3 million people since 2015, according to the UN.

Governments of Trump and Duque support Juan Guaidó from the first moment, currently recognized by some 40 countries as interim president of Venezuela, leading a transitional government and organizing new "free and fair" elections.

The United States has offered Colombia, its close ally in the region, more than $ 92 million to help respond to the mbadive arrival of Venezuelan migrants.

But since taking office in January 2017, Trump, who has already canceled two visits to Colombia, also severely criticized the historic rise of coca leaf crops., which according to the UN has reached 171,000 hectares planted in 2017.

Duque, who took office in August 2018, acknowledged that the relations between the two nations are narcotic by this exponential increase in cultures, which makes Colombia the world's largest producer of cocaine.

In recent decades, the United States has provided millions of dollars to Colombia to fight drug trafficking and guerrilla warfare.