France Offers To Mediate
Resumption of
Ecuador-Colombia Ties
The French government is
willing to mediate in
the resumption of
diplomatic ties between
Ecuador and Colombia,
the French ambassador to
Ecuador said Thursday.
"My country is ready to
contribute to the
re-establishment of
diplomatic ties between
Ecuador and Colombia, as
long as a 'sovereign'
request is made in that
sense," Didier Lopinot
told local Radio Quito.
Lopinot also said that
this decision should be
taken by Ecuadorian
President Rafael Correa,
who has indefinitely
postponed the
reestablishment of ties
with Colombia.
Quito severed diplomatic
ties with Bogota in
March after Colombian
military crossed the
Ecuadorian border to
attack a camp of the
rebel Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC).
The Ecuadorian president
has ruled out a
re-establishment of ties
"until there is a decent
government (in Colombia)
to hold dialogue with."
The Ecuadorian decision
came after Colombia
postponed the resumption
of ties with Quito
because of "aggressive"
remarks by Correa in a
newspaper interview last
month.
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