Colombia's Petro, Trump spoke on phone, Trump said Petro welcome in U.S.

BOGOTA, March 12 (Reuters) - Colombia's President Gustavo Petro and his U.S. counterpart President Donald Trump spoke on the phone on Thursday, Petro's office said on X, ahead of Petro's meeting with Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez.

The two men discussed the economy along the Colombia-Venezuela border, which is expected to be the top topic at the Petro-Rodriguez meeting on Friday, the statement said, and Trump said Petro, who he sanctioned last year, is welcome in the U.S. and apologized for not inviting the Colombian leader to a meeting in Miami last week with other Latin American heads of state.