Ecuador Presents Plan to
Resume Ties with
Colombia
Ecuador on Tuesday
handed over to the
Organization of American
States (OAS) a reserved
proposal to resume
diplomatic relations
with Colombia.
In a joint press
conference with OAS
delegate Victor Rico,
Ecuadorian Foreign
Minister Maria Isabel
Salvador said that the
OAS' work to overcome
the diplomatic crisis is
"delicate and
important."
Ecuador broke off
diplomatic ties with
Colombia on March 3 to
protest against the
latter's March 1
military attack on a
FARC (Revolutionary
Armed Forces of
Colombia) base in
Ecuadorian territory.
The attack killed some
26 rebels, including
FARC's international
spokesman Luis Edgar
Devia, alias Raul Reyes.
The Ecuadorian
government proposal was
handed over to an OAS
mission that concluded a
two-day visit to the
country's capital Quito,
during which it met with
government officials,
former foreign
ministers, ambassadors
and professors.
Salvador said she would
not disclose details of
the talks and the
Ecuadorian proposals to
OAS representatives to
avoid affecting the work
of the mission, which
will now travel to
Colombia to continue its
efforts. |
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