India, May 31 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is leading one of the all-party delegations to the Americas, on Saturday reacted to the Colombian government's decision to issue a new statement expressing solidarity with India after the Pahalgam terror attack, saying that he was now pleased with the move.

Shashi Tharoor said that earlier Colombia did not seem to understand India's stance, but after they held talks with the country's foreign ministry, Colombia rolled back their earlier statement.

"I'm very pleased to say that following our discussions with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Vice Minister announced that this statement has been withdrawn and that they will certainly express publicly their understanding and sympathy for o...