Colombia's leftist President Gustavo Petro agreed with his US counterpart Donald Trump to take "joint action" against cocaine-smuggling guerrillas on the border with Venezuela, Bogota's interior minister said on Thursday.

Axar.az informs, citing Euronews, the two leaders held their first phone call on Wednesday, de-escalating tensions after Trump threatened military action against Colombia following the ouster of Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolás Maduro by US forces.

Trump and Petro "committed to taking joint actions" against the National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia's last remaining major armed rebel group, Interior Minister Armando Benedetti said in an interview with Blu Radio.