Colombia's environment minister resigns, stays on as COP16 head

FILE PHOTO: Colombia's Minister  of Environment and Sustainable Development Susana Muhamad holds a press conference during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Sunday she has informed President Gustavo Petro of her resignation from the post.

"I have submitted my letter of resignation to President Gustavo Petro, he has it in his hands ... We have to see when it will go into effect," Muhamad said in an interview on Colombian online news program Los Danieles.