OAS Mission Begins
Analyzing
Colombia-Ecuador Crisis
A mission from the
Organization of American
States (OAS) was due to
meet Ecuadorian
ministers to analyze
this country's
diplomatic crisis with
Colombia Monday in
Quito, Ecuador's
capital.
The OAS's Special
Mission director
Bolivian native Victor
Rico headed the team. He
arrived in Quito Sunday
night and has met
Ecuadorian Foreign
minister Maria Isabel
Salvador.
The group will also meet
Defense Minister
Wellington Sandoval and
Interior Minister
Fernando Bustamante.
Rico said he aimed to
comply with the
resolution adopted by
the OAS on March 17 when
regional Foreign
ministers rejected
Colombia's violation of
Ecuadorian sovereignty
during a military
operation against the
Colombian Revolutionary
Armed Forces (FARC).
The mission will leave
Ecuador Tuesday to go on
to Colombia. After the
visits, the mission will
present a report to
OAS's general secretary
Jose Miguel Insulza.
Ecuador broke off
diplomatic relations
with Colombia on March
3after Colombia's army
attacked a FARC base in
Ecuadorian territory and
killed 26 people
including the FARC's
international spokesman
Edgar Devia, alias Raul
Reyes, four Mexicans and
an Ecuadorian.
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