Ecuador To Restore
Relations With Colombia
The Ecuadorian Foreign
Ministry announced
Friday that President
Rafael Correa had
confirmed the
willingness to
immediately restore
relations with Colombia
at the charge d'affaires
level.
Ecuadorian Foreign
Minister Isabel Melchor
said the decision was
taken following
mediation by former U.S.
President Jimmy Carter.
Correa "confirms his
will and decision to
restart, immediately,
diplomatic relations on
business mandates with
the government of
Colombia," Melchor said.
Melchor said Correa also
gave instructions to the
Foreign Ministry to
"proceed immediately
with this measure."
Ecuador severed
diplomatic ties with
Colombia following the
cross-border attack on a
camp of the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
by the Colombian Army on
March 1.
Colombia accused Ecuador
and Venezuela of
harboring FARC rebels,
saying its army seized
some laptops during the
attack that contained
documents directly
linking Correa and
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez with the
FARC.
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