U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S. March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colombia will have to restart aerial spraying of the herbicide glyphosate in order to destroy crops of coca, the chief ingredient of cocaine, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday during a meeting with his Colombian counterpart Ivan Duque.
The South American country aims to eradicate 130,000 hectares (321,237 acres) of coca by using a range of tools, including the possible re-introduction of aerial fumigation with glyphosate.
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