Abelardo de la Espriella shared details of his meeting with Marco Rubio in Barranquilla: “We made progress on a joint agenda.”

On September 8, 2026, Abelardo de la Espriella, in his capacity as president, held a high-level meeting with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the alternate presidential headquarters in Barranquilla, Atlántico. The discussion focused on the development of a joint bilateral agenda between the two leaders.

Separately, on the same date, international attention was directed toward Oslo, Norway, for the funeral of King Harald V. The monarch, who passed away on August 28 at the age of 89, was honored with a procession through the capital followed by a service at the Oslo Cathedral attended by the Norwegian royal family and various international heads of state.